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Look after   /lʊk ˈæftər/   Listen
Look after

verb
1.
Keep under careful scrutiny.





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"Look after" Quotes from Famous Books



... I not spoil her chance of a husband though it be left for me to look after food and the pots and my stupid Eli. And if such a chance as Zador Ben Amon should be ...
— The Coming of the King • Bernie Babcock
... seen her, all conspired to assure him it was no timid, shrinking girl he beheld, but the lofty, talented, accomplished woman. Back came the old love and admiration ten-fold stronger than ever. The doctor went out to look after his oranges. There was a silence. It was growing oppressive. He rose and approached ...
— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton
... I stayed there, while grandpa and Uncle George went to look after the baggage. Strangers were all around us, and we couldn't tell who were our fellow-voyagers, and who not. Soon one and another of our friends came to say good-by. It was all very much confused, and we were glad finally when we ...
— Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California • Mary Evarts Anderson
... particular, because she had once explained to me the necessities of civilized life. These included a masseuse, a manicurist, and a maid to look after the lapdogs. She is employed now, and has been for months past, on the disinfection and repair of soldiers' clothes. There was no need to ask after the men one had known. Still, there was no sense of desolation. They had gone on; the ...
— France At War - On the Frontier of Civilization • Rudyard Kipling
... lord. Except that he is here now"—and Hedges nodded his head towards the room-door. "He seems very inquisitive. When my lady went upstairs, he asked whether that was the countess, and followed her to the foot of the stairs to look after her. I never ...
— Elster's Folly • Mrs. Henry Wood


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