look after yourself

Meaning

1. 1

   look after yourself / sb / sth

   to be responsible for or to take care of sb / sth

   Who's going to look after the children while you're away?

2. 2

   look after yourself / sb / sth

   to make sure that things happen to sb's advantage

   He's good at looking after his own interests.

In the movies · 115

• - you look after them, okay? - Okay.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• He says somebody's gotta stay and look after this place.Jumanji: The Next Level2019
• Look after the others. Especially Sam. He will not understand.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• Look after yourself.The Reader2008
• Look after yourself, Ronnie.Another Year2010
• Look after yourself. Take care.The Bank Job2008
• You look after yourself, you.This Is England2007
• You better look after yourself for an hour.Remember Me2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Another Year2010
  • A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills
  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
  • Mary Confides in Gerri Over Drinks

From the same entry

• be just looking
• be looking to do
• look bad
• look bad
• look good
• look here
• look how
• look up and down
• look yourself
• never look back
• not much to look at
• to look at

More phrasal verbs

• stay away
• break up
• stay out
• hang out
• lie down
• look forward to
• sleep in
• look out
• take over
• keep up
• count on
• believe in