look up to (one)

look up to (one)

To admire or view one as a role model. Of course I look up to you—you're my big sister!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

look up to someone

Fig. to view someone with respect and admiration. Bill really looks up to his father. Everyone in the class looked up to the teacher.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

look up to

To admire: looked up to her mother.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • look up to
  • fix (one) with a look
  • come-hither look
  • be not much to look at
  • not be much to look at
  • look on with
  • look on with (someone)
  • look ahead
  • dragged through a hedge backward(s)
  • look-see