''look askance'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260904104805-00-⌔

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English

Verb

look askance (third-person singular simple present looks askance, present participle looking askance, simple past and past participle looked askance)

• (idiomatic) To express doubt.
  • ✤ Even the Democrat voters that might look askance at a Green Party candidate, I want you guys to consider this.¹

Printed 2026-09-04.

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Footnotes

1. 2026 April 22, Nathan J. Robinson, Butch Ware, “The Green Party’s Butch Ware: “I Love a Good Fight””, in Current Affairs ‎${}^{[1]}$, archived from the original on 23 April 2026: ↩