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look in1Make a short visit or call: I will look in on you tomorrow...- I'm sure he looks in every once in a while to check up on what we've all been saying.
- She would ask one of their retired neighbors on the street, a woman, to look in on him every hour or so, if he wanted.
- Would anyone think to look in on an old man who lived by himself?
See parent entry: look look-in2 /ˈlʊkɪn /noun [in singular, often with negative] British informalA chance to take part or succeed in something: they didn’t let the other side get a look-in in the final...- However, these facts barely get a look-in in current debates, instead being subordinated to concerns over the environmental impact of fuel emissions and how we might fare if and when the fuel runs out.
- Usually translators barely get a look-in but in this collection of nineteen stories set in Paris the translator has also done the selecting.
- Despite the fact that the two institutions spend most of their time advising, lending to and dictating to developing countries, the rest of the world does not get a look-in.
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