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looks around

looks around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 looks around

What is looks around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Looks around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look around.

Words near looks around in the dictionary

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

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