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The correct spelling is look up.
How to pronounce look up
verb
Say it like: Loo-k u-p
The correct spelling is look up. To have better prospects. For example: "Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents."
Usage Examples
“Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents.”
“I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I looked it up in a dictionary.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To have better prospects.
- 2.To obtain information about something from a source (chiefly textual sources) by reading or looking.
- 3.To track down or search for (someone that one used to know).
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