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look on or upon

verb

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  1. to think of in a particular way you could call the comment mean-spirited, but I do not look on it that way at all Synonyms account, call, count, esteem, hold, consider (on or upon), rate, reckon, regard, set down, viewRelated Words believe, deem, feel, sense, think; conceive, fancy, imagine

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