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Definition of Look into

1. Verb. Investigate scientifically. "The customs agents look into the bags for drugs "; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

2. Verb. Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition. "They won't look into the story "; "Check out the engine"

Definition of Look into

1. Verb. (idiomatic) to investigate, explore, or consider ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Look Into

look around look at look away look back look backward look before you leap look book look daggers look down on look down one's nose

look down upon look for look forward look forward to look here look into (current term) look like look off look on look out

look out for number one look out on look out over look over look round look sharp look the other way look the part look through

Literary usage of Look into

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... look into the history of the neighbouring state which consisted of females, and if I find any thing in it, will not fail to communicate it to the public ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"St. This court cannot review the weight of the evidence, and can look into It only to see whether there was error In not directing a verdict for the ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and look into the habitations of the poor, we should there behold such pictures of human misery as must move the compassion of every heart that deserves ..."

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