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as soon as look at someone en · X

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  1. (colloquial) Immediately, without giving someone a chance to react or defend.
    • He'd throw at you as soon as look at you. He terrified hitters. He'd just rear back and pump that fastball, and nobody ever hit him. 2004, Johnny Pesky, Phil Pepe, Few and Chosen Red Sox, page 139:
    • He aren't^([sic]) got no more morals than a lobster, as would pinch his best friend's finger off as soon as look at him. 1888, George Manville Fenn, Mother Carey's Chicken, page 72: