look after

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   keep under careful scrutiny

   “Keep an eye on this prisoner!”

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Questions about look after

What does look after mean?

look after means "keep under careful scrutiny".

Is look after a common word?

look after is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.