look sharp

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look sharp - act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

festinate, hasten, hurry, rush

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

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Now look, for instance, at the way they serve dogs, cutting off their tails to make them look plucky, and shearing up their pretty little ears to a point to make them both look sharp, forsooth.

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

Jim liked that notion; but he said I must go in the dark and look sharp.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context

If you don't look sharp, you'll have your topgallant yards through the windows of that 'ere warehouse presently

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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