Definition
To have better prospects.
To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know.
In Context
- "Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents."
- "The United States Supreme Court, for example, has decided that a book or a film can be banned if it arouses the prurient interests of the average person. Now prurient—I looked that up—it means having itching morbid or lewd and lascivious desires."
- ""Why do you know about transgender stuff? Did you look it up because of me?" "Oh no. I find wanting to change forms totally normal. It never would've occurred to me.""
- "I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I looked it up in a dictionary."
- "If you look up a bunch of random characters, there will probably be no results."
- "Look me up next time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas."
Also Said As
- get better
- improve
- ameliorate
- aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese))
- amend
- batten
- better
- enhance
- hone
- improve
- meliorate
- refine
- get better
- look up