Look Up: (3)

Grammar Tense Structure:

• Present Tense: look / looks up
• Past Tense: looked up
• Past Participle: looked up
• Present Participle: looking up

1: To get information from a reference source: book, internet, dictionary etc

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

• The teacher told the students to look up the new words in a dictionary.
• The teacher told the students to look the new words up in the dictionary.
  
• I looked up his number but I couldn’t find it my phone.
• I looked his number up as I didn’t have it.

2: To locate and visit people

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

• I was in London on business so I looked up my old college room mate .
• I looked my old friends up when I was in London.
  
• If you’re ever in Edinburgh, look me up.
• If you have free time, will you look up my brother and give him this message.
• Can you look my brother up and give him this message when you’re in London?

3: To show a situation is improving

non-separable phrasal verb

• Business was quite bad for a while since COVID but now they are looking up.
• I was much happier than I was last year, things are looking up!
• Are things looking up now you’re back on your feet.