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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What Boots stores might look like in the future has not been disclosed.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Picture what you want your life to look like in a year and use that image as your compass.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It did look like me,” Haaland says of his veggie twin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Corporations, government and the media taught consumers what progress should look like, which anxieties a product might soothe, and what kind of future to desire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
What he held in his hand was a key, though it didn’t look like it’d fit into any lock that he’d ever seen before.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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