look after

Verb

Meaning

keep under careful scrutiny

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

guard support run keep mother foster nurse serve care tend maintain mind protect raise attend

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Antonyms

harm ignore neglect disregard endanger overlook

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Hypernyms

watch look out watch out

Examples

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. John Lennon

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again. Cat Stevens

The function of posterity is to look after itself. Dylan Thomas

I am a gentleman and you are a gentleman; who, then, should look after the pigs? Czech Proverb

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. English Proverb

You have to look after wealth, but knowledge looks after you. Zambian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

look about look about for look across look after children look after number one look after oneself