look-after
Chunk: look after
Meaning & Usage
To look after someone or something means to take care of them and make sure they have everything they need. It is commonly used for children, pets, property, or sick people.
🧲 Common Collocates
- Targets: look after the kids, look after the dog, look after my house.
- Workplace: look after a project, look after the clients.
💬 Contextual Examples
- Can you please look after my plants while I am away on vacation?
- She stayed home from work to look after her sick daughter.
- He was hired to look after the company's international accounts.
🎴 Interactive Web Practice
Practice 1: We need to hire a babysitter to look ______ the children tonight.
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after Practice 2: Could you ______ after my luggage for a minute while I buy a ticket?
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look Practice 3: It is her job to look after the new employees and make sure they are ______.
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trained 🔗 Knowledge Base Connections
- 🔑 Parent Keyword: look
- ⚖️ Synonym Chunk: take-care-of