look round

look round
phrasal verb look around or look round
Word forms "look around":
present tense I/you/we/they look around he/she/it looks around present participle looking around past tense looked around past participle looked around
1) British
look around/round something [intransitive/transitive] to walk around a room, building, or place and see what is there

Do you want to look around the school?

2) British
[intransitive] to try to find something that you want or need look around for:

We've started looking around for a house in Manchester.


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