Definition of Have a look

1. Verb. Look at with attention. "They have a look up the hill"; "Get a load of this pretty woman!"

Exact synonyms: Get A Load, Take A Look
Generic synonyms: Look

Definition of Have a look

1. Verb. To examine, to observe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Have A Look

have a cow
have a crack at
have a crow to pull
have a dog in this fight
have a few
have a fit
have a frog in one's throat
have a go
have a go at it
have a good one
have a good time
have a handle on
have a head for
have a heart
have a laugh
have a look (current term)
have a look-see
have a mind like a sieve
have a mind of one's own
have a mountain to climb
have a nice day
have a pair
have a pop at
have a quiet word
have a screw loose
have a seat
have a snootful
have a stab
have a thing
have a tiger by the tail

Literary usage of Have a look

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"... have a look at the other animals. He wandered into a side show and there for the first time saw a two-humped camel. After standing for fifteen minutes, ..."

2. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"have a look, watch, observe. me set ton (vi.): have a far-away look in the eyes. ... have a look (used as an interjection). look (in some direction). ..."

3. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"... though the town is full of strangers, he has secured agreeable apartments for us, from which we have a look-out on the Duomo, its Campanile, Baptistery, ..."

4. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1896)
"We would have a look at the beautiful balsams with their many colors; my lino rose trees, pink, yellow and red, we would honor them with a smell, ..."

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