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look it

look it verb: to resemble in appearance; to look like.

Verb

look it (third-person singular simple present looks it, present participle looking it, simple past and past participle looked it)

  1. (intransitive) To resemble in appearance; to look like.
    • She is six months pregnant and looking it.
    • At 71 (he really does not look it), he still has the fire in his belly for such a challenge.2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 39

Forms of look it

third-person singular presentlooks it
present participlelooking it
past participlelooked it
pastlooked it

Questions about look it

What does look it mean?
Look it means to resemble in appearance; to look like.
What part of speech is look it?
Look it is a verb.
What is the past tense of look it?
The past tense of look it is looked it.

Words near look it in the dictionary

  1. look here
  2. look in
  3. look in on
  4. look in the face
  5. look into
  6. look it
  7. look like
  8. look like a bomb has hit it
  9. look like one swallowed a bug
  10. look like something the cat brought in
  11. look like something the cat dragged in

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