1840. Dickens, Old Curiosity Shop, xxxix. Kit told this gentleman
to look sharp, and he said he would not only look sharp, but he
actually did, and presently came running back.
To look through a glass, verb. phr. (common).—To get drunk. For
synonyms see Drinks and Screwed.
To look towards one, verb. phr. (common).—To drink one’s health.
1847–8. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, liii. The ladies drank to his
’ealth, and Mr. Moss, in the most polite manner, looked towards
him.
1890. Farjeon, Felix, 1. i. 26. ‘You know where the bottle is, and
per’aps Mr. Wigg will jine you.’ ‘Mrs. Middlemore,’ said Constable
Wigg, ‘you’re a lady after my own heart.... Here’s looking towards
you.’
1892. Henley and Stevenson, Deacon Brodie. Tableau III. Sc. 1, p.
31. Deacon, I looks towards you.
To look up, verb. phr. (colloquial).—1. To show a tendency to
improvement; to recover.
1850. Aytoun, Dreepdaily Burghs, 6. ‘Suppose I were to start as a
Peelite?’ ‘Something may be said in favour of that view, but on the
whole, I should rather say not. That party may not look up for some
little time, and then the currency is a stumbling block in the
way.’