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size up

verb as in gape

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Professor Bill Chaplin, Head of the School of Physics & Astronomy at Birmingham, and a member of the team, said: "The mismatch between the predicted and observed sizes of these stars has implications for finding planets around them. If we use the most successful planet-finding technique -- the so-called transit method -- we get the size of the planet relative to the size of the star; if we don't size-up the star correctly, the same will be true of any small planet we have found."

“I’m not trying to size-up against other players,” Adell added.

Martin had the chance to size-up the maple a few years back and admits it “was impressive.”

Martin had the chance to size-up the maple a few years back and admits it “was impressive.”

When asked if there was trash talking between the five finalists beforehand, Chubb joked “It’s all goodwill. It’s a little size-up stuff with a lot of guys asking, ‘What were your stats like this year?’

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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