look up | Idiomator

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seelook,‎up.We stayed up late tolook upat the stars.; (intransitive,idiomatic)To havebetterprospects.Synonyms:get better,improve;see alsoThesaurus:improveThings startedlooking upafter Jim moved back in with his parents.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toobtain, orseekto obtain,informationabout something.2014July 16, Dan Shive,El Goonish Shive(webcomic),Comic for Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014:"Why do you know about transgender stuff? Did youlookitupbecause of me?" "Oh no. I find wanting to change formstotally normal. It never would've occurred to me."To obtain information about something from areference book.Synonym:consultI didn't know what a mitochondrion was until Ilookeditupin a dictionary.To enter aqueryinto adatabaseorsearch engine.Synonym:searchIf youlook upa bunch of random characters, there will probably be no results.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toreconnectormeetwith someone that one used to know.Synonym:track down1914, Rupert Hughes,Clipped Wings:Look me upnext time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas.

Examples:

EN: We'd look up at the sky and say "Please, God!
ES: Mirábamos hacia el cielo y decíamos : "¡Por favor, Dios!
EN: - and you will look up to him as I do!
ES: "...y tú lo venerarás como yo."
EN: And every time you look up, there she is, sort of guarding over you, like a mother minding her young.
ES: Y siempre que miras hacia arriba, ahí está... velando por ti, como una madre que cuida de sus pequeños.
EN: Now look up.
ES: Ahora mire hacia arriba.
ES: Mire hacia arriba.
EN: All you have to do is sit there and look up.
ES: Todo lo que tiene que hacer es sentarse ahí y alzar la vista.
EN: Above is virtue, look up.
ES: Arriba la virtud.
EN: I got a half a dozen stenos a $20 a week that do nothing but look up deaths in the obituary columns all over the country.
ES: Les pago a unos tipos por estudiar cada semana las esquelas.
EN: You study the stars, Martial! Help mankind to look up at them! Guide them towards them!
ES: Tú que estudias las estrellas, Marcial, ayuda a los hombres a entenderlas, para que los guíe.
EN: I'll always look up to you like to a star. And you'll never lower yourself to me.
ES: Siempre habré de mirarte en las alturas, como a una estrella, y tú nunca bajarás a mí.
EN: They've got to look up.
ES: Tienen que mejorar.
EN: Come with me and look up Johnny and break that crust of ice around your heart.
ES: Ven conmigo, busca a Johnny y rompe el hielo que te cubre.
EN: I'll look up in that attic.
ES: Buscaré en ese ático.
EN: I'll look up in two attics.
ES: Buscaré en dos áticos.
EN: I'm just a newspaper punk, but I could be somebody with a woman like you to look up to, to brag to.
ES: Soy un simple periodista, pero con una mujer como tú. Para admirar y presumir...
EN: When you get to Stanton, look up Barney.
ES: Cuando llegues a Stanton, busca a Barney.

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