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Definition of look after phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

look after

phrasal verb
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look after somebody/something/yourself (especially British English)
  1.  
     to be responsible for or to take care of somebody/something/yourself
    • Who's going to look after the children while you're away?
    • I'm looking after his affairs while he's in hospital.
    • Don't worry about me—I can look after myself (= I don't need any help).
    note at care
  2. to make sure that things happen to somebody’s advantage
    • He's good at looking after his own interests.
See look after in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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