to see or notice smth.: The hospital declared the transplant a success, but they had apparently overlooked the risk from the man’s high blood pressure. watch over something—1. guard smth.: At the strike of mid- night, the guard will change and continue watch over the jew- els. 2. take care of smth.: The committee’s responsibility is to watch over the safety of the workers. See also: oversee something / see over something. look someone in the face • stare someone in the face look someone in the face—confront a person with a steady gaze that implies courage, confidence, or defiance: How can you look me in the face , and tell such a huge lie! stare someone in the face—1. look into a person’s face fixedly or intently: She stared me in the face for the longest time before she spoke. 2. said of smth. threatening a person with misfortune or disaster: Only when starvation stares him in the face will he relinquish his “glad clothes.” 3. said of smth. which is obvious and easy to see but is not noticed by a person: Are you looking for your pencil? It’s on your desk, staring you in the face . look someone up • see someone up look someone up—1. visit smb. when in the same place: If I’m ever here on business again, I’ll look you up . 2. search for and find a person: I’ll try to look him up on the Web before making a phone call. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase look someone up and downtake in smb.’s entire appearance; scrutinize a person carefully: The man ushered me to a seat after snobishly looking me up and down , pausing to stare at my tattered sandles. see someone up—take a person upstairs or show to a place on a higher level: I’ll see you up to the director’s office on the top floor. look something out • see something out look something out—find smth. by choosing carefully: I must look out a special dress for the wedding. see something out—1. last until the end of a period of time: Will our supplies see the winter out ? 2. work on smth. until it is completed: The course is terrible, but I’ll see it out now that I’ve paid for it. look something through • look through something look something through—examine smth. carefully: I’ll look your suggestion through before passing it on to the commit- tee. look through something—briefly browse through smth. writ- ten or printed: I’ll look through my notes but I don’t think I have a record of his name. See also: see something through / see through something. look to someone • look up to someone look to someone—1. choose or rely on a person for support, help, etc.: He’s not the sort of man to whom one looks for reassurance. 2. pay attention to smb.; take care of a person: There is much talk about how we ought to look to the children that need homes… look up to someone—view a person with respect and admi- ration: In all that concerns civilization, the Argentines look up to the French. loose money • tight money loose money—1. money in a mixture of denominations; money that is not tied up or packed: James swept some loose money off the counter into the till. 2. money amassed by dubi- ous means (as in campaign contributions, etc.): The mayor retires with a substantial account filled with loose money he received. 3. (Banking) money available to borrowers in greater supply and under fewer restrictions: The twin policies of “loose money ” and “high taxes” are totally destructive to the economies of the third world. tight money —(Banking) money available to borrowers in limited supply and at high interest rates: Labor has been weak- ened by government policies of tight money and restrictive budget policies to contain inflation. Lord Admiral • Lord of the Admiralty Lord Admiral—(hist.) head of the naval administration of Great Britain: As she is escorted out of the courtroom, she overhears the Lord Admiral Cotwell talking with his long time friends. Lord of the Admiralty—(UK) one of the five lords commis- sioners of the Admiralty: Lord Camelford can boast of a power which rivals that of the First Lord of the Admiralty . Lord Chamberlain • Lord Great Chamberlain Lord Chamberlain—(UK) an officer responsible for the royal household who is also the licenser of plays (also: Lord Cham- berlain of the Household): But the particular function of the Lord Chamberlain led to many clashes over works that have since become classics. Lord Great Chamberlain—(UK) a hereditary officer of state whose duties were originally financial but are now mainly cer- emonial: Control of the Palace of Westminster was for cen- turies exercised by the Queen’s representative, the Lord Great Chamberlain . Lord Commissioner • Lord High Commissioner Lord Commissioner—a member of a board exercising the powers of a high British office of state: The Reading Clerk bows to each Lord Commissioner as he is named, and the Commissioner responds by raising his hat. Lord High Commissioner—the representative of the British Crown at the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scot- land: The present building is still used as a residence by the reigning Monarch and by the Lord High Commissioner during the Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase High Commissioner—the head of the British diplomatic mission in a Commonwealth country: A High Commissioner from the United Kingdom would be appointed to take over from the Viceroy duties connected with the representation of Britain in India. lose a fortune • lose one’s fortune lose a fortune—lose an extremely large amount of money (in gambling, etc.): He’s lost a fortune on the roulette tables and his businesses are going bankrupt due to his massive debts. lose one’s fortune—lose all of one’s financial wealth (through misadventure, etc.): The first time he lost his fortune was in 1915, when he declared himself bankrupt. lose all reason • lose one’s reason lose all reason—become irrational or illogical in one’s speech or behavior: He lost all reason and started abusing his oppo- nent. lose one’s reason—lose one’s mental faculties; go crazy: It was not unknown for men to become peculiar, or even completely to lose their reason , in the vast spaces of Masailand. lose heart • lose one’s heart lose heart—become discouraged; give up hope: Don’t lose heart if an ambition does not look like being realized. Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the look someone in the face – 224 –