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Phrase(s): look up and down something
to gaze up and then down something, such as a street. • We looked up and down the street and saw no cars, no houses, and no people. • Mary looked up and down the highway, but she could not find her lost hubcap., Phrase(s): look up and down (for someone or something)
to look everywhere for someone or something. • Where is Kelly? I looked up and down for her. • I can’t find her. I looked up and down, but no Kelly.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs