look after

phrase

: to take care of

looked after her sick mother

Examples of look after in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The survey also asked parents of young children from newborns to age 5 about informal care, such as having a family member look after a young child. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

During our visit, a neighbor is looking after Whisky, while Mathilda pops over to a friend’s house to play. — Amira Hashish, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026

Cinema employees help with laundry, cleaning, maintenance, and guests’ needs — meaning the staff behind the L’Amour fantasy have a whole property to look after on top of everything else. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026

Time spent with an app cannot discern this, because seeking comfort from an app and looking after an app that claims to miss you can look very similar. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for look after

• hereafter
• thereafter
• drafter
• laughter
• rafter
• hereinafter
• thereinafter