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 forlook after

to look after someonelook after someone

Say it for a higher band

5care for6take care of7+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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