HAVE A LOOK

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does have a look mean? 

• HAVE A LOOK (verb)
  The verb HAVE A LOOK has 1 sense:

1. look at with attention

  Familiarity information: HAVE A LOOK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAVE A LOOK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look at with attention

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

get a load; have a look; take a look

Context example:

Get a load of this pretty woman!

Hypernyms (to "have a look" is one way to...):

look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Look at it carefully for errors and typos, as you may miss one or two, or let someone else have a look.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I should like to have a look at the gentleman, and see if I can make anything of his little game.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yellow buttons! said they: let us have a look at them.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“And now, my good woman, just let me and this gentleman have a look about us.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“I believe you’re right,” said he; “but anyhow I’m going to have a look at it.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Well,” said he, at last, “I suppose I shall have to come out and have a look at it.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Morris resumed the discussion:—As there is no time to lose, I vote we have a look at his house right now.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“And now, Master Billy Bones, if that be your name, we'll have a look at the colour of your blood. Jim,” he said, “are you afraid of blood?”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“It is no wonder that it did not wake you. This case, I presume, contains the coronet. We must have a look at it.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Looks like a guinea puzzle competition," remarked Lord John, craning his neck to have a look at it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)