look like
Idioms-
Have the appearance of, as in This letter looks like an acceptance . [c. 1400]
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it looks like . It seems likely that, as in It looks like they'll invite us to dinner . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with look like .
Example Sentences
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"They dropped a stone next to him so they could frame him, and make it look like he threw stones at them," Jad's mother, Safa, said.
From BBC
If youāre wondering what the remote job market will look like in the long run, thereās a good chance what you see today is what youāll get for the foreseeable future.
So heās giving it a new lens to look at what bullying looks like for kids today.
From Los Angeles Times
"It just looked like a shrine, that's how I remember it," John Clayton, a former North Wales Police detective, told the podcast.
From BBC
"It looks like someone left it there, hopped off to whatever they were doing and never thought about the scooter again," he tells me with an exasperated sigh.
From BBC
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