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look up phrasal verb
1 [I] if a situation is looking up, it is getting better:
?Things are looking up since I found a job.
2 [T look sth <-> up] to find information in a book, on a computer etc:


?If you don't know the word, look it up in the dictionary.
3 [T look sb <-> up] to visit someone in the place where they live:
?Look up my parents when you're in Boston.
look up to sb phrasal verb [T]
to admire and respect someone:
?He looks up to his older brother.