look something up
(CHECK FACTS)Definition
› to check a fact or get information about something: If you're not sure what the word means, look it up in a dictionary. I looked up solar power on the Internet to find out more about it.
(Definition of look something up (CHECK FACTS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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look n SEEM
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look on/upon someone/something phrasal verb
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look out phrasal verb
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look right through someone idiom
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look someone in the eye idiom
- look something up phrasal verb CHECK FACTS
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look up phrasal verb IMPROVE
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look up someone phrasal verb VISIT
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look up to someone phrasal verb
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look v EXAMINE
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