look off
Advanced (C1)informal
To look away from something, or to look into the distance.
"He looked off toward the hills for a moment before answering the question."
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TED · 7:29
people just look off.

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Look off the island.

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Don't look off to the side.

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but then you look off into the distance.

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but then you look off into the distance.