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look at

verb looks at · looking at · looked at

  1. transitive To observe or watch. The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
  2. transitive To study visually. The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
  3. transitive To consider. I looked at the possibility of buying a new car, but my current one still runs great and it's paid off.
  4. transitive To face; to be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect. He is looking at jail time.

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