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look at sth

Phrasal Verb with look
 
 
/lʊk/ verb

Definition

THINK to think about a subject carefully so that you can make a decision about it: Management is looking at ways of cutting costs.
READ to read something: Can you look at my essay sometime?
EXPERT If an expert looks at something, they examine it: Did you get the doctor to look at your knee?
OPINION to consider something in a particular way: If I'd been a mother I might have looked at things differently.
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