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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Callum Borchers shares some tips on how to look like a good worker, based on conversations with people who make employee-monitoring systems—and others who game the systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
All credit to Freckleton and his new beginning in Austria, but in flashes he was made to look like a serious player in his few minutes on the pitch.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"You don't have to look like everybody else. You don't have to be a raving beauty to be special and to be beautiful."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The chicken is visually distinct from what I’ve historically known a chicken tender to look like.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
“The rest of you must look like your father. I’ll wager he was handsome.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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