look on

US /lʊk ɑːn/

UK /lʊk ɑːn/

1.

to watch something happen without becoming involved in it

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Many people just looked on as the accident happened.

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I couldn't just look on while he struggled.

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observe watch witness stand by be a spectator

2.

to consider or think of someone or something in a particular way

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He looks on his students as his own children.

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Many people look on this period as a golden age.

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consider regard view perceive think of

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look look to look into look for look at look in on look up to