How to describe putting a piece of clothes in front you to roughly see if it fits?
When visiting a clothes store ,if you just lay a piece of clothing in front of you rather than trying it on to see if it fits,is there a brief way to describe it?

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Most people would say: "Hold it up to you to see if it looks like it would fit."  Hold it up is the phrase you are looking for.

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Maybe, "trying it on visually".

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I'd say let me size it up.

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