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look up

verb

  1. tr to discover (something required to be known) by resorting to a work of reference, such as a dictionary
  2. intr to increase, as in quality or value

    things are looking up

  3. intrfoll byto to have respect (for)

    I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to

  4. tr to visit or make contact with (a person)

    I'll look you up when I'm in town

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Woad finished joint 23rd, alongside England's Georgia Hall and Charley Hull, two of her "favourite players" that she had "looked up to" since concentrating on the sport from about the age of 13.

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Users can look up an officer’s photo using their name or badge number, which the website’s creators called a step toward greater police transparency.

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The rubble had been hauled away while the trucks worked on the house behind his, one truck beeping as it reversed while Redick looked up.

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He’s been immobilized by a hip injury, and looked up quizzically from his bed.

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The 18-year-old looked up the stairwell and saw a crane shaking.

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