look in on
phrasal verb
looked in on; looking in on; looks in on
: to make a brief social visit to (someone)
I plan to look in on some old friends when I'm in town.
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There’s a league MVP, a four-time NBA champ who was the defensive player of the year in 2017, and a two-time scoring champ on the outside looking in on both top 25 lists.
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Rob Peterson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
As a result, the Cowboys find themselves on the outside looking in on the NFC playoff picture.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
In July, Extell revealed a pair of renderings for the supertall, one of which appears to put a new 84-story tower close enough to 520 Park that each building’s residents could reasonably look in on the other.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Dabo wanted to look in on the guy who caught a two-yard touchdown pass against Alabama with one second left in the 2016 national championship game to win the title, then was a big part of a Clemson team that won another championship in 2018.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2025
The office also needed a glass wall facing out so that everyone could look in on Matt, augmenting the tension that instantly became The Studio’s calling card.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
Once viewed as the favorites to land Bregman, the Red Sox reportedly now are on the outside looking in on the Bregman sweepstakes due to their unwillingness to offer the star infielder a long-term deal.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Rob Peterson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
As a result, the Cowboys find themselves on the outside looking in on the NFC playoff picture.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
In July, Extell revealed a pair of renderings for the supertall, one of which appears to put a new 84-story tower close enough to 520 Park that each building’s residents could reasonably look in on the other.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Dabo wanted to look in on the guy who caught a two-yard touchdown pass against Alabama with one second left in the 2016 national championship game to win the title, then was a big part of a Clemson team that won another championship in 2018.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2025
The office also needed a glass wall facing out so that everyone could look in on Matt, augmenting the tension that instantly became The Studio’s calling card.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
Once viewed as the favorites to land Bregman, the Red Sox reportedly now are on the outside looking in on the Bregman sweepstakes due to their unwillingness to offer the star infielder a long-term deal.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Look in on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20in%20on. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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