to get a look
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2.8
- phrasal verb
:
echar un vistazo a
- All right, let me get a look at that.
All right, let's get a look at the picture real quick.
- All right, let's get a look at the picture real quick.
- So yeah, you kind of get a look at just two systems.
- I'm going to pop my mirror back so I can get a look.
- Do you know that the first person outside of me to get a look at geometric unity was Jeffrey Epstein?
Examples
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Let me get a look at you.
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Hey, Jackson, get a look at this.
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So yeah, you kind of get a look at just two systems.
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And then the left turned on her hard once they got a look at her film.
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Anyway, meanwhile, I thought it was time I got a look at the crime scene myself.
Fiction book (1999) -
Maybe there was a way to get a look at his sales figures.
Fiction book (1990) -
All right, let's get a look at the picture real quick.
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If he comes in again, stall him so I can get a look at him.
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Finally, after all these years, we get a look at him, and boy, is it disappointing.
Fiction book (2000) -
Can you come over here and get a look at this interesting painting?
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To notice something with your eyes
299
1.5
To look quickly at someone or something
150
2.0
Look quickly at someone or something
119
1.1
To look quickly and secretly at something
59
3.7
To see someone or something for the first time after a long time
41
3.2
To see someone or something for a very short time
34
3.4
To see someone or something for a very short time
30
3.2
To look quickly and secretly at something you are not supposed to see
26
2.8
To suddenly see something for a short time
18
3.2
Look at something quickly without reading it carefully
16
3.0
To see something for a short time, usually by chance
16
6.3
To look quickly through something to find an item or fact
15
2.4
To see someone or something suddenly and for a short time
10
8.2
To look quickly and casually at something you are curious about
1
9.9
To see something partly or far away
1
8.0
To see someone or something for the first time
To have a quick look at something because you are curious
To look quickly in an informal way
To look quickly at something
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional combination: 'get' (to obtain) + 'a' + 'look' (a brief act of looking) yields 'obtain a brief look' = 'catch sight of'. This pattern (verb + article + noun meaning 'receive an instance of X') is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Get a look comes from the simple idea of get (to receive) and look (a quick view). You 'get' a short 'look' when you see someone or something for a moment, so the phrase means 'to catch sight of something or someone for a short period of time'.