look on
(adverb) to be a spectator at an event or incident
Also: look upon (preposition) to consider or regard: she looked on the whole affair as a joke; he looks on his mother-in-law with disapproval
Derived forms of look on
- looker-on, noun
Words Nearby look on
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How to use look on in a sentence
Like the spellbinder, the oracle frequently builds on the look-on-this-picture-and-then-on-that plan.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. WooldridgeAfter an hour had passed, Kisseck popped his head out of the hatchways, and cried, "Try the look-on."
She's All the World to Me | Hall CaineHour after hour wore on, and not a fish came to the "look-on" net.
She's All the World to Me | Hall CaineThen hour after hour wore on, and not a fish came to the look-on net.
The Deemster | Hall Caine
Other Idioms and Phrases with look on
Also, look upon. Regard in a certain way, as in I looked on him as a second father, or We looked upon her as a worthy successor. [Early 1600s]
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