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verb

Used other than as an idiom: see look,"Ž up.

We stayed up late to look up at the stars.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects, to improve.
Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents.
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(idiomatic) To obtain information about something from a text source.

I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I looked it up in a dictionary.
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noun

Alternative form of lookup.

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  • Zamon didn't look up as she entered.

  • In the moonlight she could see him look up sharply.

  • It took too much effort to look up at the sun to measure time.

  • When you're stuck, you look up what to do.

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