- look into
- investigate or check something
They have been looking into the cause of the accident for many months.
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look into — (something) to try to find out about something. A federal grand jury is looking into the charges of misconduct. Related vocabulary: inquire into something … New idioms dictionary
look into — ► look into investigate. Main Entry: ↑look … English terms dictionary
look into — I verb check, delve, examine, explore, inquire, inspect, investigate, probe, research, review, scrutinize, search associated concepts: criminal investigation, grand jury investigation II index canvass, check (inspect) … Law dictionary
look into — verb 1. investigate scientifically (Freq. 6) Let s investigate the syntax of Chinese • Syn: ↑investigate • Derivationally related forms: ↑investigation (for: ↑investigate), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
look into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms look into : present tense I/you/we/they look into he/she/it looks into present participle looking into past tense looked into past participle looked into look into something to try to discover the facts about… … English dictionary
look into — {v.} To find out the facts about; examine; study; inspect. * /The mayor felt he should look into the decrease of income from parking meters./ * /Mr. Jones said he was looking into the possibility of buying a house./ Compare: GO INTO(4), SEE ABOUT … Dictionary of American idioms
look into — {v.} To find out the facts about; examine; study; inspect. * /The mayor felt he should look into the decrease of income from parking meters./ * /Mr. Jones said he was looking into the possibility of buying a house./ Compare: GO INTO(4), SEE ABOUT … Dictionary of American idioms
look\ into — v To find out the facts about; examine; study; inspect. The mayor felt he should look into the decrease of income from parking meters. Mr. Jones said he was looking into the possibility of buying a house. Compare: go into(4), see about •• to… … Словарь американских идиом
look into — PHRASAL VERB If a person or organization is looking into a possible course of action, a problem, or a situation, they are finding out about it and examining the facts relating to it. [V P ing/n] He had once looked into buying his own island off… … English dictionary
look into — they promised to look into our complaints Syn: investigate, inquire into, ask questions about, go into, probe, explore, follow up, research, study, examine; informal check out, give something a/the once over, scope out … Thesaurus of popular words
