size up

verb

sized up; sizing up; sizes up

transitive verb

: to form a judgment of
size up the situation

Examples of size up in a Sentence

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Hotels are sizing up the $6.3 trillion wellness industry in their own way. Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Cross Canadian Ragweed sized up the expectations — months of comeback hype, a stadium filled with fans doing the wave, a five-band lineup of Red Dirt icons, and an introduction by Oklahoma State University football coach Mike Gundy — and then made a collective decision to blow right past them. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025 Charley comes in six cute colors with cup sizes up to N and band sizes up to 46, perfect for big boobs and full figures. Andrea Jordan, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025 For a beat, Rothman sized up the exec and then bluntly dismissed it as a terrible idea. Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for size up

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of size up was in 1884

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“Size up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/size%20up. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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