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look after

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look after someone or something

to take care of someone or something. Please look after my little boy. Will you look after my cat while I'm away? Do you want me to look after your car?

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look after somebody/something

to be responsible for someone or something A neighbor will look after the dogs while we're away.

Related vocabulary: take care of somebody/something

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look after

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.

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look after

v.

To take care of someone or something: I looked after my younger brother and sister while my parents were working.

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