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What does size up mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To evaluate; to estimate or anticipate the magnitude, difficulty, or strength of something.
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They are well-educated people, here to bolster their communications skill set and size up the discussion onstage.
The craftspeople construct everything in small scale and the houses range in size up to palaces which can cost as much as a full-sized house.
Moreover, it is also necessary to size up behavioural and scale changes in towns.
This was to be a recon, designed to let them size up their opponent and plan an attack.
In case of suspicious movement you will receive an email or sms so you can contact family or friends to size up the situation.
This is when future mentors and mentees size up the pairwork ahead of them, and can be called on to formalize their commitment.

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