- look something up
- search for and find a piece of information in a reference book or in a database.→ look
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
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look something up — look (something) up to check a fact or get information about something. If you don t know the meaning of the word, look it up in your dictionary. The research involved looking up how my opponent voted … New idioms dictionary
look something over — look (something) over to examine something carefully. Epstein poked through the stuff inside, carefully picking each thing up and looking it over from all angles. She had her own lawyer look over the agreement … New idioms dictionary
look something up — search for and find a piece of information in a reference book * * * ˌlook sthˈup derived to look for information in a dictionary or ↑reference book, or by using a computer • Can you look up the opening times on the website? • I looked it up in… … Useful english dictionary
look something out (for something) — ˌlook sthˈout (for sb/sth) derived (BrE) to search for sth from among your possessions • I ll look out those old photographs you wanted to see. Main entry: ↑lookderived … Useful english dictionary
look something out (for somebody) — ˌlook sthˈout (for sb/sth) derived (BrE) to search for sth from among your possessions • I ll look out those old photographs you wanted to see. Main entry: ↑lookderived … Useful english dictionary
look something over — INSPECT, examine, scan, cast an eye over, take stock of, vet, view, look through, peruse, run through, read through; informal take a dekko at, give something a/the once over; N. Amer. check out; N. Amer. informal eyeball. → look * * * ˌlook… … Useful english dictionary
look something out — Brit. search for and produce something. → look … English new terms dictionary
look something over — inspect something with a view to establishing its merits. → look … English new terms dictionary
look something over — he looked over the engineer s reports Syn: inspect, examine, scan, cast an eye over, take stock of, vet, view, look through, peruse, read through, check out; informal give something a/the once over, eyeball … Thesaurus of popular words
look something out — Brit. search for and produce something I ve got a catalog somewhere and I ll look it out if you re interested … Useful english dictionary
