"look on the positive side" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looks on the positive side [present, singular, third-person], looking on the positive side [participle, present], looked on the positive side [participle, past], looked on the positive side [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look on the positive side (third-person singular simple present looks on the positive side, present participle looking on the positive side, simple past and past participle looked on the positive side)
  1. Synonym of look on the bright side Synonyms: look on the bright side [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-look_on_the_positive_side-en-verb-D3Qa8L5S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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