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look alive

Act lively, hurry up, as in Look alive! This job has to be finished today. This phrase, often used as an imperative, today is more common in Britain than in America. [Mid-1800s]

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“You can get the perfect body pose, but if the eyes aren’t sitting well or don’t carry any emotion, then the animal will never look alive.”

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The president must be animated — look alive! — but even more, his message must be animating for voters.

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“Don’t take it all off. He needs to look alive.”

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“He doesn’t look alive; he looks ridiculous. Men don’t wear makeup, Juanita.”

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But the looks were on a dummy M3gan, and she didn’t look alive.

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