look after
Britishverb
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to take care of; be responsible for
she looked after the child while I was out
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to follow with the eyes
he looked after the girl thoughtfully
Example Sentences
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She said Lisa spent time with her family and helped look after her children.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“You really learn from a duty-of-care perspective how to best look after the women,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"We don't have to look after children or grandchildren but I think for the ordinary family an increase is terrible."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“My mother looked after my grandmother and then after my grandfather. Today I look after my parents.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But his mother had begged her favorite son to go so he could look after his father.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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