"look in on" meaning in English

See look in on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: looks in on [present, singular, third-person], looking in on [participle, present], looked in on [participle, past], looked in on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look in on (third-person singular simple present looks in on, present participle looking in on, simple past and past participle looked in on)
  1. To check that (someone or something) is okay or that a process is continuing appropriately; to check up on; to monitor (someone) through brief, often surreptitious checks.

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks in on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked in on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked in on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To check that (someone or something) is okay or that a process is continuing appropriately; to check up on; to monitor (someone) through brief, often surreptitious checks."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "okay",
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        ],
        [
          "check up on",
          "check up on"
        ],
        [
          "monitor",
          "monitor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look in on"
}
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    {
      "form": "looks in on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking in on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked in on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked in on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "To check that (someone or something) is okay or that a process is continuing appropriately; to check up on; to monitor (someone) through brief, often surreptitious checks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "okay",
          "okay"
        ],
        [
          "check up on",
          "check up on"
        ],
        [
          "monitor",
          "monitor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look in on"
}

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