look around
idiom
1
: to go through a place in order to see what is there : to explore a place
We arrived early at the theater and spent a few minutes looking around.
The kids looked around the shops while we unpacked.
2
: to search (for something)
I looked around for my keys but I couldn't find them anywhere.
He is looking around for a new car.
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From Brock Nelson to Scott Laughton to every other center on the market, general manager Tom Fitzgerald will look around at what’s available.
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Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
Zimny unbuckled, crawled into the backseat and used the flashlight on her phone to look around.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
One day in March of 1911—the same month as the infamous Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in New York City that trapped and killed 146 workers—a woman named Alice Hamilton arrived at the Sangamon Street works, a lead-smelting plant on Chicago’s East Side, and asked to take a look around.
—Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Sandy Alcantara is going to return from a year lost to injury, look around the clubhouse, and have no idea who these people are.
—Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
Zimny unbuckled, crawled into the backseat and used the flashlight on her phone to look around.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
One day in March of 1911—the same month as the infamous Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in New York City that trapped and killed 146 workers—a woman named Alice Hamilton arrived at the Sangamon Street works, a lead-smelting plant on Chicago’s East Side, and asked to take a look around.
—Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Sandy Alcantara is going to return from a year lost to injury, look around the clubhouse, and have no idea who these people are.
—Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for look around
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“Look around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20around. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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