look on

verb

looked on; looking on; looks on
Synonyms of look onnext

intransitive verb

: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines

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A little over a decade later, Kohn looked on as Warsh, his close former colleague, invoked the spirit of these hikes—walking hikes, not interest rate hikes—in his inaugural speech as central bank chairman at Jackson Hole in August. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 Jalen Carter #98 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field on October 26, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Doug Hafer, who serves as assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 6 in Batavia, looked on from the bottom of the hill during the event. — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 Ferrell tried to look on the upside of his financial reality. — Saige Miller, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 Rosalía became the most recent celebrity to embrace the bra top trend in a Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann look on Thursday night at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 While text, line drawings, and menu elements are very sharp, there are limits to how good complex graphical content can look on the grayscale display. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 People looking on, some still munching on mini quiche and green-chile breakfast potatoes, laughed. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 After a rocky few years, Tatum O'Neal is looking on the bright side. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of look on was circa 1568

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