"look on as" meaning in All languages combined

See look on as on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: looks on as [present, singular, third-person], looking on as [participle, present], looked on as [participle, past], looked on as [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look on as (third-person singular simple present looks on as, present participle looking on as, simple past and past participle looked on as)
  1. To treat someone in a particular role; to consider someone in a particular way.

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look on as meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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