look to someone for something

  • 1look to someone for (something) — look to (someone/something) for (something) to expect someone or something to provide information or help. They look to us for answers, but we have none …

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  • 2look to something for (something) — look to (someone/something) for (something) to expect someone or something to provide information or help. They look to us for answers, but we have none …

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  • 3look out for something — look out for (someone/something) 1. to feel responsibility for someone or something. I have a network of neighbors who look out for each other and support each other. 2. to be aware of the existence of someone or something. Everybody thought I d… …

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  • 4look to for (something) — look to (someone/something) for (something) to expect someone or something to provide information or help. They look to us for answers, but we have none …

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  • 5look after someone — look after (someone/something) to be responsible for someone or something. A neighbor will look after the dogs while we re away. Related vocabulary: take care of someone/something …

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  • 6look — look1 [ luk ] verb *** ▸ 1 direct eyes at someone/something ▸ 2 search for someone/something ▸ 3 have an appearance ▸ 4 seem ▸ 5 for saying how likely ▸ 6 making someone pay attention ▸ 7 face a direction ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to direct… …

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  • 7look to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms look to : present tense I/you/we/they look to he/she/it looks to present participle looking to past tense looked to past participle looked to 1) look to someone to hope or expect to get help, advice etc from… …

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  • 8look after - look for — ◊ look after If you look after someone or something, you take care of them. She will look after the children during their holidays. It doesn t worry me who owns the club so long as it is looked after. ◊ look for If you look for someone or… …

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  • 9scrounge around for someone or something — [skraund3...] in. to look around for someone or something; to seek someone or something in every likely place. □ Try to scrounge around for somebody to go to the party with, why don’t you? □ I don’t think there is anybody who will go with me, but …

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  • 10be a dead ringer for something — be a dead ringer for (someone/something) to look very similar to someone or something. He s a dead ringer for Bono from U2 people often come up to him in the street and ask for his autograph …

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