look-in
Americannoun
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a brief glance.
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a short visit.
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Football. a quick pass play in which the ball is thrown to a receiver running a short diagonal pattern across the center of the field.
noun
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a chance to be chosen, participate, etc
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a short visit
verb
Etymology
Origin of look-in
First recorded in 1840–50; noun use of verb phrase look in
Example Sentences
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Or when the owners warned that the two Irish wolfhounds on the property tended to look in unison and bark at things that weren’t there.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“We’re using these machines and these capabilities to look in these areas where we know classical methods will struggle.”
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The hosts get generational wealth and perhaps retain enough editorial freedom to look in the mirror and tell themselves they aren’t sellouts.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
If I don’t look in a mirror, I’m 18 years old — maybe younger, maybe 10, sometime before my internal biography took over.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Eventually, the miller fell asleep in a pile of straw, and the moment he did, Opal crept over to me with a desperate look in her eyes.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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