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looking after
phrasepresent participle of look after
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1
to attend to the needs and comforts of
- She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention.
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- doing for
- [chiefly British],
- looking out for,
- looking to,
- seeing to,
- taking care of,
- waiting on
- (also waiting upon)
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2
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
- With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver.
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