look on
verb- To watch; to observe without participating. · My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.
- To think of something in a particular way. · I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.· We don't look kindly on people like you.
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Let us look on the bright side of things.”
You must, therefore, allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which lead me to perform what I look on as a point of duty.
“Suppose we wait a while, and see what comes of it,” said he, casting a bewildered look on his companion.
My child, my darling Edward; speak to your mother—open your dear eyes and look on me once again!
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