phrasal verb · neutral
look about
/lʊk əˈbaʊt/look a·BOUT
speakingtask2
to turn your head or eyes to see what is around you; to search casually
Examples
“When I entered the campus I just looked about to get my bearings.”
“She looked about for a quiet place to study.”
“In the article, the writer briefly looks about the reasons for the decline.”
Band 8 sentence
“I looked about the exhibition to find which pieces best illustrated contemporary urban life.”
Collocations
- look about the room
- look about for
Word family
looked about verb (past)looking about verb (gerund)
Common mistakes
look around for = look for something only→look about / look around for
Say it for a higher band
5search for→6look for→7+look about
Synonyms
scan
glance around
Easily confused
look around
“She looked around the hall to see who had arrived.”
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