单词 | to look to it |
释义 | > as lemmasto look to it c. to look to it: to be careful, take heed, beware. In later use chiefly with following clause: to take care, make sure, see that. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] warea1000 biwaitc1456 to look to it1548 to look out?1553 to play safe1601 to be on the sure side1668 to mind out1823 to keep one's powder dry1837 to play it safe1873 to have a care1876 to watch it1916 to watch (or mind) one's step1934 1548 P. Nicolls Godly Newe Story sig. B.viii Loke to yt (O ye Magystrates) for ryght sharpe iudgement shalbe done on these yt be in auctorite. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. i. 4 Looke to it, Finde out thy brother wheresoere he is. View more context for this quotation 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal i. 10 Thun. Let the Critiques look to 't. Light. Let the Ladies look to 't. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 30 And they have reason to look well to it. 1749 Merlinus Liberatus sig. C3 Let Honest Travellers, nay, and House-dwellers too, look to it, for they will find Highwaymen and Foot-padders very busy. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 34 In my time a father's word was law, And so it shall be now for me. Look to't. 1892 Good Words May 292/1 She would look to it that they had a roof over their heads. 1917 Boys' Life Sept. 42/2 Look to it that you do not fall into his treacherous hands! 2008 E. Teller in Washington Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. a18 People in general must make the decisions, and we scientists must look to it that people understand what they are deciding about. < as lemmas |
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