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look-saw

look-saw is the simple past of look-see.

Meaning of look-see

Verb

look-see (third-person singular simple present look-sees, present participle look-seeing, simple past look-saw, past participle look-seen)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make a quick inspection, especially as a lookout or scout.
    • I told Kola and he went down in the p.m. to look-see.2015, Zhang Kaiyuan, Donald MacInnis, Eyewitnesses to Massacre

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Questions about look-saw

What is look-saw the simple past of?
Look-saw is the simple past of look-see.

Words near look-saw in the dictionary

  1. look-ins
  2. look-out
  3. look-out book
  4. look-out books
  5. look-outs
  6. look-saw
  7. look-say
  8. look-see
  9. look-seeing
  10. look-seen
  11. look-sees

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