Usually means: Observe surroundings in all directions.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word look around:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. look around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. look around: Merriam-Webster
  3. look around: Vocabulary.com
  4. look around: Wiktionary
  5. look around: Dictionary.com
  6. Look Around (Anthony Rapp album), Look Around (Sergio Mendes album), Look Around (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. look around: Rhymezone
  8. look around: FreeDictionary.org
  9. look around: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. look around: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. look around: Legal dictionary
  2. look around: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. look around: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. look around: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. look a'round: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (look around)

▸ verb:  To inspect a building or area.
▸ verb:  To search a place.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.
▸ verb:  To take note of what is going on; to make oneself aware.
▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.

Similar:
look round, take a look, look through, survey, check, have a look, check through, underlook, inspect, check out, more...

Opposite:
focus, concentrate, fixate, zero in, hone in

Phrases:
a look around, Apple Look Around, Look Around You, to look around, look around quickly, more...

Adjectives:
detect, searching, plumb, suss, check, bone, probing, sound, medical, overture, dedicate

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Similar:
look round, take a look, look through, survey, check, have a look, check through, underlook, inspect, check out, more...

Opposite:
focus, concentrate, fixate, zero in, hone in

Phrases:
a look around, Apple Look Around, Look Around You, to look around, look around quickly, look around confused, quick look around, look around rapidly, look around cautiously, frantically look around, more...

Adjectives:
detect, searching, plumb, suss, check, bone, probing, sound, medical, overture, dedicate



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