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Look into meaning

Look into is a phrasal verb that means to investigate the relevant facts surrounding a difficulty or situation.

Past simple
looked into
Past participle
looked into
-ing form
looking into

What look into means

investigateB2

To investigate the relevant facts surrounding a difficulty or situation

A specialist team will look into the complaint.

Similar phrasal verbs

With look: look after, look forward to, look out, look for, look up to, look up.

With into: get into, patch into, break into, let something into something, make something into something, pull into, put something into something, read something into something, rip into, go into.

Common questions

What does look into mean?

To investigate the relevant facts surrounding a difficulty or situation.

What is the past tense of look into?

Looked into, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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