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Old 17-Nov-2007, 08:51
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Default "lookup on" or "lookup to"

When you adore someone as your role model, what the word shall we use?

lookup on him
or
lookup to him??

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You would look up to someone.

(look and up are separate words)
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You would look up to someone.

(look and up are separate words)
The 'on' comes from the (nearly) opposite expression 'look down on' [to regard with contempt].

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