phrasal verb · neutral
look after
UK/lʊk ˈɑːftə/US/lʊk ˈæftər/LOOK·af·ter
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to take care of someone or something
Examples
“Can you look after my cat while I'm away next week?”
“She looks after her younger brother after school.”
“The company hires a cleaner to look after the office.”
Band 8 sentence
“When my parents are away, I usually look after my little sister and make sure she does her homework.”
Collocations
- look after children
- look after someone's property
- look after the house
Word family
look after phrasal verblooks after / looked after / looking after verb formsbe looked after passive
Common mistakes
look for→look after
to look after someone→look after someone
Say it for a higher band
5care for→6take care of→7+look after
Synonyms
take care of
care for
Easily confused
look for
“I'm looking for my phone; have you seen it?”
take care of
“Can you take care of the booking while I'm offline?”
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