phrasal verb · informal
look someone's way
/lʊk ˈsʌmwʌnz weɪ/LOOK·some·ONE'S·WAY
speaking
direct one's gaze toward someone (often briefly or dismissively)
Examples
“During the meeting he didn't even look her way.”
“She glanced around but nobody looked her way.”
“I tried to catch his attention, but he refused to look my way.”
Band 8 sentence
“Even when I waved, he didn't look my way, which made the situation awkward.”
Collocations
- didn't look someone's way
- glance/look one's way
Word family
look verblook someone's way phrasal verb
Common mistakes
He didn't looked her way.→He didn't look her way.
She didn't look her way.→She didn't look her way.
Say it for a higher band
5glance at→6look at→7+look someone's way
Synonyms
glance at
turn one's head to
Easily confused
glance at
“She glanced at her watch and hurried off.”
look at
“He looked at the painting for a long time.”
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