Also,
look out for;
see after. Take care of, attend to the safety or well-being of, as in Please look after your little brother, or We left Jane to look out for the children, or Please see after the luggage. The first expression dates from the second half of the 1300s, the second from the
mid-1900s, and the third from the
early 1700s.
look after
| Idioms: look after |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
keep under careful scrutiny
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 | aftereye |
| Mophatlane, Isaac (Quotes By) |
| tutela (in archaeology) |
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