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What does look up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word look up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see look,‎ up.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects, to improve.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain information about something from a text source.
  4. (transitive) To track down or search for (someone) that one used to know.
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She didn't look up until he had ascended the porch steps and rapped his knuckles on the railing.
I finally sneak a look up at him, suddenly feeling incredibly raunchy and dirty.
She didn't look up, but saw it was a guy wearing a hockey jersey and tracksuit pants was the offender.
He called upon the gathered journalists from Canada, Britain, the US and the region to lift their eyes from the mud and look up at the stars.
When he turned to look up at her, it was with a wild look, a hope so anxious it almost hurt her to see it.
For example, someone could scan a code posted on a bus stop with their phone to quickly look up a web page showing when the next bus is due.

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