look up

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as in to brighten
to become glad or hopeful by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up

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Recent Examples on the Web Contemplate doing more core in the future and look up better ergonomics for posture and so on to not repeat the neck dilemma. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024 If going through an airport, look up fun facts about the airport. Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 There's something magical about looking up at a starry sky. Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024 That connection would pay off years later when the younger Madigan went to law school at Loyola University, and the father told his son to look up then-Mayor Daley at an athletic club on Michigan Avenue. Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for look up 

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“Look up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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