look up and down
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Mrs. Wigginbottom tucked her hankie into the sleeve of her brown dress and gave me a curious look up and down.
From Literature
Jonesy gives me a dramatic look up and down.
From Literature
“Not only did it have to open its eyes wide and blink and have eyelid tracking where your eyes look up and down and your eyelids track your eyes, much like us or a real monkey, but Isaiah also wanted it to whistle,” recalls an enthusiastic Nolan, who believes Saxon was an ideal director to work with.
From Los Angeles Times
They exchanged a long look up and down the blanket.
From Literature
Many residents of South L.A. can look up and down their block and not see a single tree.
From Los Angeles Times
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