to think carefully and form an opinion about a person or a situation
And Janet respected Kay's ability to size up a situation squarely and feel, so it seemed to Janet, undivided.
He sized up the situation and immediately decided what to do.
He'd taken a shower and wandered out naked to give her a chance to size up the goods.
The Portuguese sat back from the table to size up the state of Paco's mind, see if there was anything written on his face.
There could be ten more finds this size up there, any one of them worth a couple of billion bucks.
sizes up
sizing up
sized up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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