look in on

Idioms and Phrases

Pay a brief visit, as in I'm just going to look in on Gail and the new baby; I won't stay long . [c. 1600] Also see look someone in the face .

Example Sentences

Deputies went to look in on a 77-year-old on Sycamore Lane in Crestline’s Valley of Enchantment neighborhood after family had been unable to reach him.

From Los Angeles Times

I occasionally switched channels to look in on the 2023 Pro Bowl Games.

From Los Angeles Times

Baranov had escaped to an outlying town and sent his family to a different city to look in on his parents.

From Washington Post

She immediately went up to the nursery to look in on him.

From Literature

I was headed through the San Joaquin Valley to look in on the General Sherman tree — I hadn’t seen it since the fires of 2021 reached Sequoia National Park — and asked my colleague Leslie Cory, who grew up nearby, where I should stop on the way.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• call
• call on
• frequent
• hit
• inspect
• play
• see
• stay at
• talk
• tour