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View synonyms for look up

look up

verb

  1. tr to discover (something required to be known) by resorting to a work of reference, such as a dictionary
  2. intr to increase, as in quality or value

    things are looking up

  3. intrfoll byto to have respect (for)

    I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to

  4. tr to visit or make contact with (a person)

    I'll look you up when I'm in town

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She said, "Things like this could make people who look up to me feel that it’s a viable solution."

From Salon

As one of the UK's biggest YouTube content creators, 29-year-old Vik is very aware of how many young men look up to him.

From BBC

By the time the shortstop reached the ball and looked up, Herbert had almost reached first base.

Still, she was able to relate to Marian, the quiet yet flinty younger sister who looks up to the fiery Dolours.

Many officers who spoke with The Times said that they use the site regularly, sometimes on a daily basis, to look up colleagues in the sprawling 8,700-officer police force.

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