Definition
to look around (for someone or something): to look, to search (for someone or something)
I looked around for my keys, but I couldn't find them! I searched the whole house but I can't find them anywhere.
Let's look around: Let's see the things there are to do here
To look around can also mean "to visit":
I spent the morning looking around all the museums in Paris. I visited most of them in one morning!
- "Bob : Okay Polly, I'll look around the office."
- "Bruno : Ma'am, would you mind if I looked around your house for a little while?"
- "I thought your building looked interesting, so I decided to have a look around."
- "Look around you!"
- "Icarus : Oh I just thought I'd have a look around, you know, count some perfume bottles, that sort of thing."
- "In the meantime, I'm going to have a look around."
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