look on

verb

looked on; looking on; looks on

intransitive verb

: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines

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Abby, who’s been waiting to do this for years, grabs a golf club and sets about destroying Joel as her companions look on in mounting horror. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025 Francis, for his part, would look on from the Casa Santa Marta, having shown confidence in the Church as a whole through his willingness to cede power to a colleague more fully able to exercise it. Paul Elie, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025 Check how your post looks on mobile before publishing. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 An anti-glare finish on the screen further improves how pictures look on the Aspen. PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for look on

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of look on was circa 1568

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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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