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looked around

looked around is the simple past and past participle of look around.

Meaning of look around

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To inspect a building or area.
    • We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?
  2. (idiomatic) To search a place.
    • I can't find my keys, so I'll look around.
  3. (intransitive) To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.
    • He heard a voice and looked around to see a man wearing dark clothes.
  4. (idiomatic) To take note of the situation; to make oneself aware.
    • Sure enough, when Jon appeals to centuries-old tradition binding the families of the north together, it comes off as good-hearted but short-sighted. Look around, Jon. It’s a new day. Queens rule the continent. They might rule the North, too, if tradition hadn’t made room for a bastard king. At a...2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.

Questions about looked around

What is looked around the simple past and past participle of?
Looked around is the simple past and past participle of look around.

Words near looked around in the dictionary

  1. looked after
  2. looked ahead
  3. looked ahead to
  4. looked alike
  5. looked alive
  6. looked around
  7. looked as if one had been dragged through a hedge backwards
  8. looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
  9. looked at
  10. looked at oneself in the mirror
  11. looked away

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