SEEING TO Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

seeing to

phrase

present participle of see to

as in looking to

to attend to the needs and comforts of It was the job of the nurse to see to the elderly woman until the doctor was available.

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as in supervising

to take charge of especially on behalf of another She asked if they could see to the snow removal while she was out of town.

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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
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

Definition of looking after

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Tonight, Wasserman offered clarification as to what Rice will be doing for the Olympics as well as praised the smooth-operator executive.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The ones who skip it typically find out the hard way how much invisible work the parent company’s infrastructure was doing for them.

— Miki Kapoor, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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