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look after



Definitions

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look after
     1. v. (transitive, idiomatic) To watch or protect; to keep safe.
           He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away.
     2. v. (dated) To expect.
     3. v. (dated) To seek or search for.
Analysis
look
     1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
           Look at my new car!  Don’t look in the closet.
     2. v. To appear, to seem.
           It looks as if it’s going to rain soon.
     3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
after
     1. adv. Behind; later in time; following.
           They lived happily ever after.
           I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
     2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
           We had a few beers after the game.

Example Sentences

Does she think I didn't look after you and that's why you died? 



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