Meaning & use
look up
To search for a piece of information, especially in a reference source, or to improve after a period of difficulty.
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I had to look up the word's meaning before I could use it correctly.
After a rough first quarter, sales began to look up by early summer.
A note on using this word
Look up is a phrasal verb; its two senses, 'search for information' and 'improve,' are unrelated and determined entirely by context.
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