phrasal verb · neutral
look down
/lʊk daʊn/LOOK·DOWN
1) to direct your eyes downward; 2) (informal) to feel or seem sad or discouraged
Examples
“Don't look down from the top of the bridge if you're afraid of heights.”
“He's been looking a bit down since he failed the exam.”
“She looked down at her phone and saw several missed calls.”
Band 8 sentence
“Standing at the cliff edge, I couldn't help but look down and feel dizzy at the drop below.”
Collocations
- look down from
- look down at
- look down (feeling)
Word family
Common mistakes
He looked down on the valley.→He looked down at the valley.
She looks down because she is sad.→She looks downcast because she is sad.
Say it for a higher band
5look down (physically)→6feel low→7+look down
Synonyms
gaze down
feel low
Easily confused
look down on
“He tends to look down on people who haven't attended university.”
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