A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

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The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase look someone up and down—take in smb.’s entire
appearance; scrutinize a person carefully: The man ushered me
to a seat after snobishly looking me up and down, pausing to
stare at my tattered sandles.
see someone up —take a person upstairs or show to a place
on a higher level: I’ll see you up to the director’s office on the
top floor.
look something out • see something out
look something out—find smth. by choosing carefully: I must
look out a special dress for the wedding.
see something out—
1
. last until the end of a period of time:
Will our supplies see the winter out? 2. work on smth. until
it is completed: The course is terrible, but I’ll see it out now
that I’ve paid for it.
look something through • look through
 something
look something through —examine smth. carefully: I’ll look
your suggestion through before passing it on to the commit-
tee.
look through something —briefly browse through smth. writ-
ten or printed: I’ll look through my notes but I don’t think I
have a record of his name.
See also: see something through / see through something.
look to someone • look up to someone
look to someone —
1
. choose or rely on a person for support,
help, etc.: He’s not the sort of man to whom one looks for
reassurance. 2. pay attention to smb.; take care of a person:
There is much talk about how we ought to look to the children
that need homes…
look up to someone —view a person with respect and admi-
ration: In all that concerns civilization, the Argentines look
up to the French.
loose money • tight money
loose money —
1
. money in a mixture of denominations;
money that is not tied up or packed: James swept some loose
money off the counter into the till. 2. money amassed by dubi-
ous means (as in campaign contributions, etc.): The mayor
retires with a substantial account filled with loose money he
received. 3. (Banking) money available to borrowers in greater
supply and under fewer restrictions: The twin policies of
“loose money” and “high taxes” are totally destructive to the
economies of the third world.
tight money —(Banking) money available to borrowers in
limited supply and at high interest rates: Labor has been weak-
ened by government policies of tight money and restrictive
budget policies to contain inflation.