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verb [I] (SEARCH) /lʊk/Definition
A1 to try to find something or someone: I'm looking for my keys. I've looked everywhere but I can't find my glasses. Have you looked in the dictionary? I looked down the list but couldn't see his name.Searching
(Definition of look verb (SEARCH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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- leave no stone unturned idiom
- look sth out phrasal verb
- manhunt noun
- nose verb (SEARCH)
- once-over noun (LOOKING)
- poke around phrasal verb
- scout noun (SEARCH)
- scout verb
- seeker noun
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