look forward

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look forward - expect or hope for; "I look to hear from you soon"

await, expect, wait, look - look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

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My kind friends here are most affectionately urgent with me to prolong my stay, but their hospitable and cheerful dispositions lead them too much into society for my present situation and state of mind; and I impatiently look forward to the hour when I shall be admitted into Your delightful retirement.

Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context

"I shall look forward very much to your return," she added in a whisper.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

In half an hour more, I shall be condemned to a long journey in the company of that horrible creature--with a life to look forward to, in the same house with her, among strangers

I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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