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looking up

getting better or improving. Things are certainly looking up now that the tourists are coming back.

Usage notes: often used humorously in the phrase things are looking up when a situation is not good: Well, we're out of food but at least we've got a bottle of wine – things are looking up!

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And as the procession of primates climbed the great steps to our places behind the altar, I found myself looking up at the chair of St. We meet God when we look up .. by Michael Peers / Anglican Journal More results

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