Meanings
present singular third person looks in · participle present looking in · participle past looked in · past looked in
- To visit a place or person briefly and casually.
You might look in next time you're passing by.
1 more example
"Mr Carrados?" she inquired. "Mr Stokesey told me to say that he would save you the trouble by looking in here during the next interval."
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLCSynonyms: drop by, drop round
- colloquialAny involvement or opportunity.
When it came to the tournament, our team didn't get a look in.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo visit a place or person briefly and casually.
Cite this entry
look in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20in
“look in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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