To look somebody up (or look up somebody) is to locate and visit someone you have not seen for a long time.
Examples of use:
1. Look me up if you are ever in England.
2. I went to Newcastle on business last week and I looked up an old friend.
3. My friends were on holiday in my city, so they looked me up and we all went to a restaurant for a meal.
| infinitive | look up |
| present simple | look up and looks up |
| -ing form | looking up |
| past simple | looked up |
| past participle | looked up |
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