look on

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look on

verb looks on · looking on · looked on

  1. idiomatic To watch; to observe without participating. My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.
  2. idiomatic To think of something in a particular way. I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.

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verb to watch; to observe

Deutschzuschauen
Italianostare a guardare

verb to think of something in a particular way

Deutschbetrachten, ansehen
Italianoreputare

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@misc{look_on_2026,
  title = {look on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/look%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}