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What does look up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word look up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see look,‎ up.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects, to improve.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain information about something from a text source.
  4. (transitive) To track down or search for (someone) that one used to know.
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She didn't look up until he had ascended the porch steps and rapped his knuckles on the railing.
I gave a weak, watery laugh before pulling away a bit to look up at my oldest friend.
I look up at the sign listening when the next bus was coming as he begins whining like a child at me.
For example, someone could scan a code posted on a bus stop with their phone to quickly look up a web page showing when the next bus is due.
I look up at Jeremiah whose rearranging the white lilies on the coffee table in front of the couch.
I'm off now to look up Dallas Zoo on the internet, and find out if they have aardvarks.

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