look after

British  

verb

1. to take care of; be responsible for

   she looked after the child while I was out

2. to follow with the eyes

   he looked after the girl thoughtfully

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look after Idioms  

1. Also, look out for; see after. Take care of, attend to the safety or well-being of, as in Please look after your little brother, or We left Jane to look out for the children, or Please see after the luggage. The first expression dates from the second half of the 1300s, the second from the mid-1900s, and the third from the early 1700s.

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Example Sentences

Big companies have executives whose job is to look after the company’s money.

From Barron's

"If people are trying to protect themselves over the greater good, which is the team, and look after their own back - I'm certainly never going to do that," said the Durham man.

From BBC

“The house is important in defining who Teddy is — the isolation in being a young man, probably just old enough to look after himself,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

BBC News spoke to Naomi, a 'Young Women's President' in her local congregation in London, meaning she looks after girls between the ages of 12 and 18 in her area.

From BBC

"I couldn't really do anything more than the bare minimum in terms of looking after my kids. I'd put them down at seven and have to get straight into bed," the freelance journalist says.

From BBC

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