The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped tolook 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.
1695,John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, inAn Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals:[…], London:[…] Ric[hard] Wilkin[…],→OCLC:
My subject does not necessarily oblige me tolook after this water, or point forth the place whereunto 'tis now retreated.
Sliding through the world: that is how, in a bygone age, they used to designate lives like his:looking after his interests, quietly prospering, attracting no attention.
(transitive, also reflexive) Tocare for; to keep safe.[from 14th c.]
He asked me tolook after his daughter while he was away.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations”, inRAIL, number948, page27:
The station is clearly welllooked after, making it a worthy gateway to the resort.
2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, inRAIL, number954, page 6:
"And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who canlook after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.
(transitive) To have as one's business; tomanage, be responsible for.[from 16th c.]
