| look a gift horse in the mouth |
to be critical of something received as a gift. |
| look after |
to take care of. |
| look at someone sideways |
to look at someone with an uncertain, esp. negative, intention. |
| look daggers at |
to look at with hostility or anger. |
| look down one's nose at |
to regard with disdain or contempt. |
| look for |
to attempt to find; seek. [2 definitions] |
| look forward to |
to wait for eagerly. |
| look like |
(informal) used to make a statement that may or may not be true based on what you can see or what you know at the present time; look as if. |
| look on |
to watch an activity as someone else performs it. |
| look out |
to pay attention to avoid danger. |
| look over |
to inspect or examine, often briefly. |
| look up |
to search for and locate (information), as in a reference book. |
| look up to |
to respect; admire. |
| look-alike |
a person or thing that closely resembles another; double. |
| look-in |
a quick glance. [2 definitions] |
| look-say method |
a method of teaching reading that uses memorization and recognition of entire words rather than associating letters with sounds. |
| look-see |
(informal) a brief, visual examination or investigation. |
| look-up |
in computing, the capacity to search for and locate information in an electronic database. [2 definitions] |