- look askance at someone
- look askance at (someone/something)
to consider someone or something in a disapproving way.
The courts have tended to look askance at many of these claims.
Our teachers looked at us askance.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
look askance at someone
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look askance (at someone) — look askance (at someone/something) phrase to show that you do not approve of someone or something or that you do not feel certain about them They looked askance at the old fashioned ways of their fathers. Thesaurus: to make a particular facial… … Useful english dictionary
look askance (at something) — look askance (at someone/something) phrase to show that you do not approve of someone or something or that you do not feel certain about them They looked askance at the old fashioned ways of their fathers. Thesaurus: to make a particular facial… … Useful english dictionary
look askance at something — look askance at (someone/something) to consider someone or something in a disapproving way. The courts have tended to look askance at many of these claims. Our teachers looked at us askance … New idioms dictionary
look askance at — (someone/something) to consider someone or something in a disapproving way. The courts have tended to look askance at many of these claims. Our teachers looked at us askance … New idioms dictionary
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