look to somebody/something phrasal verb (see also look)

1. to depend on someone to provide help, advice etc
look to somebody/something for
We look to you for support.
look to somebody to do something
They’re looking to the new manager to make the company profitable.

2. to pay attention to something, especially in order to improve it:
We must look to our defences.

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look to
look to (do something)
to expect or plan to do something.
In the following year, Columbia looked to expand its operations in either film or radio.

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look to
1. • look to (someone)
depend on someone, go to someone for help
My friend looks to his mother for help when he has a problem.

2. • look to (something)
attend to something, take care of something
She is a wonderful nurse and spends a great deal of time looking to the needs of her patients.

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look to something
• look to (something)
attend to something, take care of something
She is a wonderful nurse and spends a great deal of time looking to the needs of her patients.

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look to
v.
1. To attend to; get ready for; take care of.
Plans had been prepared that looked to every possibility.
The president assigned a man to look to our needs.
2. To go for help to; depend on.
The child looks to his mother to cure his hurts.
3. See: SEE TO.

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look to someone
• look to (someone)
depend on someone, go to someone for help
My friend looks to his mother for help when he has a problem.

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