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look up

verb

tr to discover (something required to be known) by resorting to a work of reference, such as a dictionary
intr to increase, as in quality or value
things are looking up
intrfoll byto to have respect (for)
I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to
tr to visit or make contact with (a person)
I'll look you up when I'm in town

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I scribble the numbers on the paper, and then I look up with a start.

Things began to look up, she said in the post, when she met Phelps, 29, on Tinder.

Of all the people to look up to for a back-to-nature stance, why the monster from Spahn Ranch?

But when he finally does look up, it's his eyes that catch my attention.

In the days since our talk, things have started to look up for the Teachout campaign.

I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.

So Glavis (he is the Reverend's faithful lieutenant, you know), went out to look up Baptiste and have a talk with him.

His silence caused her to look up, and in his face she read something of what was passing in his thoughts.

The faint rustle of the Black Hood's cape caused the messenger on the ground to look up.

The dollar will do to get a room in a hotel for the first night, and in the morning I'll look up Nold or Bauer.

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