Look into
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Definition
To investigate or examine something carefully
Example sentence
The company will look into the complaint.
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
Common pattern: look into + issue/problem/situation
- look into the matter
- look into the problem
- look into the situation
- look into the cause
- look into the possibility
- look into a complaint
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
The police are looking into the threat. ✅ (Correct)
The police are looking the threat into. ❌ (Incorrect)