look on

verb

looked on; looking on; looks on
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intransitive verb

: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines

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Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Video from Southern California Hospital shows staff pulling a woman out of a black Prius and helping her onto a stretcher while two men look on. — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025 Another video, jointly posted by Goldsmith, 77, and Depp, showed the Pirates of the Caribbean star rehearsing alongside several others onstage at City Winery while Smith looked on in admiration, her hands over her mouth. — Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Hey, look on the bright side — at least nobody was wearing school merch during the brother-on-brother hookup. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025 The show opens with the filming of a Continental movie, with Paul Dano acting out a deadly fight scene while director Peter Berg looks on. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for look on

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of look on was circa 1568

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