look uponSee: LOOK ON(1).
{v.}
1. To regard; consider; think of.
The stuff had always been looked on as a worthless factory waste. Until the day Bob made the touchdown, the other boys had looked upon him as rather a sissy. 2. To be an observer; watch without taking part.
Fred had never been able to do more than look on at athletic sports. The children played in the park while their mother looked on. Compare: SIT IN.
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