size up

VERB
  1. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
    he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
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How To Use size up In A Sentence

  • He planned to take a quick peek and size up the situation.
  • Their faces appeared intense, their eyes moving constantly as if to size up their surroundings.
  • Going to trade fairs is an ideal opportunity to size up the competition.
  • A quart is the next size up and is 1/4 ( "quart" like "quarter") of a gallon, or four cups. Wired Campus
  • We must size up the situation before we decide what to do.
  • This should give you ample opportunity to size up their prospects. Times, Sunday Times
  • The apartment blocks will range in size up to a maximum of four storeys above courtyard level, and the first phase of units will be ready for occupation within a year.
  • Going to trade fairs is an ideal opportunity to size up the competition.
  • We must size up the situation before we decide what to do.
  • Larsson threatened to bring off a king-size upset when he took the match into a fifth and deciding set after taking a fourth-set tiebreaker.
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