look after
verb
- take care of
Wiktionary
verb
- To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing).
“The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed.”
- To seek out, to look for.
“My subject does not necessarily oblige me to look after this water, or point forth the place whereunto 'tis now retreated.”
“I have sent my intended husband to look after my lover […].”
- To care for; to keep safe.
“He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away.”
“The station is clearly well looked after, making it a worthy gateway to the resort.”
- To have as one's business; to manage, be responsible for.
- To expect, look forward to.
“Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth; For the powers of heauen shall be shaken.”