look the part

idiom

: to have an appearance that is suitable for or expected of something
an actor who really looks the part
In his cowboy hat and boots, he certainly looked the part.

Examples of look the part in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But as the mightiest the Big Ten had to offer were beaten up Saturday, USC didn’t just look the part of a conference heavyweight in a 48-0 beatdown of Utah State. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024 And real in that the cast consists of average men who look the part, especially dressed in those dark blue Union uniforms, but talk more or less like men talk today. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024 Stephen Clark/Ars Technica LOUISVILLE, Colorado—The first Dream Chaser spaceplane built to go into orbit is starting to look the part. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023 Modern-day visitors who want to look the part of an outlaw can stop into Grit General, which has been visited by Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for look the part 

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“Look the part.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20the%20part. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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