look like sth

  • 1look like something the cat dragged in — look like something the cat dragged/brought/in informal phrase to have a very dirty or untidy appearance Thesaurus: dirty and scruffy in appearancesynonym Main entry …

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  • 2look like something the cat brought in — look like something the cat dragged/brought/in informal phrase to have a very dirty or untidy appearance Thesaurus: dirty and scruffy in appearancesynonym Main entry …

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  • 3ˈlook at sth — phrasal verb 1) to think about a situation or subject in a particular way Syn: consider We re looking carefully at all the options before we make our decision.[/ex] 2) to read something quickly Would you like me to look at your essay before you… …

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  • 4look suspiciously like something — look/sound/suspiciously like something phrase to look/​sound like something else used for showing that you think someone is trying to hide something from you Randall made a noise that sounded suspiciously like smothered laughter. Thesaurus: to be …

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  • 5look — look1 W1S1 [luk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(see)¦ 2¦(search)¦ 3¦(seem)¦ 4¦(appearance)¦ 5 look daggers at somebody 6 look somebody up and down 7 look somebody in the eye 8 look down your nose at somebody/something 9 look the other way …

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  • 6look — 1 /lUk/ verb 1 SEE (I) to turn your eyes towards something, so that you can see it: Sorry, I didn t see I wasn t looking. | If you look carefully you can see that the painting represents a naked man. (+ at): It s time we left, Ian said, looking… …

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  • 7like — 1 /laIk/ preposition 1 similar in some way to something else: My mother has a car like yours. | He crawled out of the hut on his belly, like a snake. | very like: He s very like his brother. | look/sound/feel/taste/seem like: The building looked… …

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  • 8look*/*/*/ — [lʊk] verb I 1) to direct your eyes towards someone or something so that you can see them Dan looked at his watch.[/ex] If you look through this window, you can see the cathedral.[/ex] See: see 2) [I] to search for someone or something I don t… …

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  • 9look — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief, cursory, quick ▪ careful, close, close up (esp. AmE) …

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  • 10like — like1 W1S1 [laık] prep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(similar)¦ 2 what is somebody/something like? 3¦(example)¦ 4¦(typical)¦ 5 like this/that/so 6 just like that 7 something like 8 nothing like 9 there s nothing like 10 more like …

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