- used for calling attention to a surprising thing
- An extra skittle was added and, lo, tenpin bowling was born.
Word Originnatural exclamation: first recorded as lā in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke ‘look!’, imperative of look.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See lo in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarylo and behold
- (humorous) used for calling attention to a surprising or annoying thing
- As soon as we went out, lo and behold, it began to rain.
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