look to

1. Anticipate or expect, as in We look to hear from her soon . [c. 1600]

2. look to be . Seem to be, promise to be, as in This looks to be a very difficult assignment . [Mid-1700s]

3. Pay attention to, take care of, as in You'd best look to your own affairs . [c. 1300]

Example Sentences

Gerald will talkI know himand I will cry, and how I would look to-morrow!

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When each had asked the other, "How do I look to-night, dear?"

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He gave me a look to-day that no man has given me in ten years and had eyes left open to look a second time.

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It must look to-day almost exactly as it did to the approaching armies of the Middle Ages, except that the men-at-arms are gone.

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This was a tropical summer, and the common, with its dancing lights dotted irregularly about it, had an unfamiliar look to-night.

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