look someone or something up
- look someone or something up
look someone or something up† and hunt someone or something up†
1. to seek someone, a group, or something out. •
I lost track of Sally. I'll try to look her up and get in touch with her.
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I am going to look up an old friend when I am in Chicago.
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I am going to hunt that old gang up.
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Ted came into town and looked up his favorite pizza place.
2. to seek information about someone or something in a book or listing. •
I don't recognize his name. I'll look him up and see what I can find.
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I'll look up this person in a reference book.
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She looked herself up in the telephone book to make sure her name was spelled correctly.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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