look up and down

Assess someone visually

To look someone up and down is to visually scan them from head to toe, typically in a single deliberate movement.

This action often signals judgment, sizing someone up, or checking them out with romantic or sexual interest.

The phrase can suggest disapproval or skepticism: She looked me up and down and said nothing.

It may also convey frank appraisal or attraction, depending on context and the looker's expression.

assess

evaluate

Determine value or quality

examine · inspect · scrutinize · survey · scan · check out · review · gauge · measure · estimate

Opposites
scrutiny intensity

look up and downglance

Brief, casual look

quick glance · glimpse · cursory look · passing glance · peek

social judgment

look up and downlook in the eye

look away · acknowledge · look past · ignore · look through

gaze direction

look up and downstare

Prolonged fixed gaze

fixed gaze · lock eyes · fixate

Family

look, down, looks, looked, looking, looker, outlook, overlook, lookup

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