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looking in

looking in is the present participle and gerund of look in.

Meaning of look in

Verb

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

  1. To visit a place or person briefly and casually.
    • You might look in next time you're passing by.
    Synonyms:
    drop by, drop round

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Questions about looking in

What is looking in the present participle and gerund of?
Looking in is the present participle and gerund of look in.

Words near looking in in the dictionary

  1. looking for trouble
  2. looking forward
  3. looking forward to
  4. looking glass
  5. looking glasses
  6. looking in
  7. looking in on
  8. looking in the face
  9. looking into
  10. looking it
  11. looking like

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looking in (page history and authors); look in (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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