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What (who) is look after - definition
BOOK BY DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Don't look now (book); Don't Look Now (book); "Don't Look Now"; Don't Look Now and other stories; Not After Midnight; Don’t look now, and other stories; Don't Look Now (story); Not After Midnight, and other stories; The Breakthrough (story)
look after
1.
If you look after someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them healthy, safe, or in good condition.
I love looking after the children...
People don't look after other people's property in the same way as they look after their own.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n
2.
If you look after something, you are responsible for it and deal with it or make sure it is all right, especially because it is your job to do so.
...the farm manager who looks after the day-to-day organization...
We'll help you look after your finances.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n
look after
1.
Attend to, take care of, see to.
2.
Seek, search for, look for.
3.
Expect, wait for.
look after
take care of.
Wikipedia
Not After Midnight, and Other Stories
Not After Midnight, and other stories is a 1971 collection of five long stories by Daphne du Maurier. It was first published in Britain by Gollancz (with a cover by Daphne du Maurier's daughter Flavia Tower), and in America by Doubleday under the title Don't Look Now. In 1973 it was re-published in the UK by Harmondsworth (Penguin) as Don't Look Now, and other stories.
Examples of use of look after
1. I had to look after my England place and I had to look after myself.
2. "For now we will look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.
3. "Republicans look after business better than Democrats.
4. Respect would mean that we valued – and paid – those who look after our children more than those who look after our cars.
5. If any of them is poor and cannot look after themselves, then he is required to look after them, ensuring that they are well cared for.