look on
verb
looked on; looking on; looks on
: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines
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Abby, who’s been waiting to do this for years, grabs a golf club and sets about destroying Joel as her companions look on in mounting horror.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Francis, for his part, would look on from the Casa Santa Marta, having shown confidence in the Church as a whole through his willingness to cede power to a colleague more fully able to exercise it.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Check how your post looks on mobile before publishing.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
An anti-glare finish on the screen further improves how pictures look on the Aspen.
—PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Francis, for his part, would look on from the Casa Santa Marta, having shown confidence in the Church as a whole through his willingness to cede power to a colleague more fully able to exercise it.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Check how your post looks on mobile before publishing.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
An anti-glare finish on the screen further improves how pictures look on the Aspen.
—PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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