What does look after mean?

Definitions for look after
look af·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. look afterverb

    keep under careful scrutiny

    "Keep an eye on this prisoner!"

Wiktionary

  1. look afterverb

    To watch or protect; to keep safe.

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  1. look after

    Look after generally means to take care of, supervise, or attend to someone or something, ensuring their safety, wellbeing, or suitable functioning. This term can apply in various contexts such as child care, pet care, healthcare, property management, etc.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of look after in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of look after in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of look after in a Sentence

  1. Joe Crameri:

    There is nothing better in any operation than to be able to go to the parents and say,' we've been able to look after your child', i feel confident that they will be able to recover from this and go forward.

  2. Pope Francis:

    I believe that you can not reject people who arrive. You have to receive them, help them, look after them, accompany them and then see where to put them, but throughout all of Europe, some governments are working on it, and people have to be settled in the best possible way, but creating psychosis is not the cure.

  3. Maria Luz Menacho:

    If we don't come to look after them, to feed them, give them water and make sure they are OK, nobody else is going to do it.

  4. Rob Koehler:

    In general, athletes are realizing that they have the power, or can have the power, the athletes used to be told,' that's your sandbox, you go and play in it, we'll look after the governance of sport.

  5. Elizabeth Smart:

    I'm probably more into helicopter parents than I would have imagined, and it also makes me think that I'll never regret checking on my children or spending that extra time to look after them or watch them. I'll never regret it. I might regret not spending time with them or not looking after them for that moment. So, I think it's probably made me a more conscious parent.


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