look in
look in verb: to visit a place or person briefly and casually.
Verb
look in (third-person singular simple present looks in, present participle looking in, simple past and past participle looked in)
- To visit a place or person briefly and casually.
- You might look in next time you're passing by.
- "Mr Carrados?" she inquired. "Mr Stokesey told me to say that he would save you the trouble by looking in here during the next interval."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- drop by, drop round
Noun
look in
- Any involvement or opportunity.
- When it came to the tournament, our team didn't get a look in.
look in meaning in Hindi and Tamil
look in in Hindi
- to look in , pay a brief visit
- झाँकना jhā̃knā
look in in Tamil
- உள்ளே நோக்கு
Synonyms of look in
Forms of look in
| third-person singular present | looks in |
|---|---|
| present participle | looking in |
| past participle | looked in |
| past | looked in |
Questions about look in
- What does look in mean?
- Look in means to visit a place or person briefly and casually.
- What is look in in Hindi?
- Look in in Hindi is झाँकना (jhā̃knā). See Look in meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is look in?
- Look in can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of look in?
- The past tense of look in is looked in.
Words near look in in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: look in (page history and authors); झाँकना (Hindi) (page history and authors); look in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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