LOOK AFTER Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

look after

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Definition of look after

as in nurse

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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as in watch

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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Recent Examples of look after During our visit, a neighbor is looking after Whisky, while Mathilda pops over to a friend’s house to play. — Amira Hashish, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026 Cinema employees help with laundry, cleaning, maintenance, and guests’ needs — meaning the staff behind the L’Amour fantasy have a whole property to look after on top of everything else. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026 Time spent with an app cannot discern this, because seeking comfort from an app and looking after an app that claims to miss you can look very similar. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026 Ijbara also looked after Abuhashish’s younger brother, who followed Abuhashish to Chicago. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for look after

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take care of

Phrase

So Urbani’s job was to procure those from a hatchery or catch them and then take care of them so they could be released.

— Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
Once that’s done, KFON’s business support centre will contact and take care of the next course of action.

— Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 6 June 2023

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