look to (something) - attend to something, take care of something She is a wonderful nurse and spends a great deal of time looking to the needs of her patients. look up (something) - to search for something in a dictionary or other book I will look up my friend's name in the telephone book. I looked up the word in the dictionary. look up to (someone) - think of someone as a good example to copy, respect someone I look up to the president of our company as someone I would like to copy. . loom large (on the horizon) - something that could be coming as.
