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 at6look at7+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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