"look on the dark side of it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looks on the dark side of it [present, singular, third-person], looking on the dark side of it [participle, present], looked on the dark side of it [participle, past], looked on the dark side of it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=look on the dark side of it}} look on the dark side of it (third-person singular simple present looks on the dark side of it, present participle looking on the dark side of it, simple past and past participle looked on the dark side of it)
  1. (dated, obsolete) To examine an aspect or facet of something in a negative view. Tags: dated, obsolete
    Sense id: en-look_on_the_dark_side_of_it-en-verb-urrg2gZN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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