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Discover Ludwig"look about him" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to indicate that someone is surveying their surroundings in order to gain information or detect potential danger. For example: "The soldier looked about him, scanning the landscape for any sign of enemies."
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He was very attractive but had a mean, determined look about him.
The images represent our first proper look at Redmayne's Scamander, who has a dandyish Doctor Who look about him, with bow tie, colourful long coat and waistcoat.
He's a horse with that sort of swagger and look about him, and there's something about a dethroned king coming back and regaining a crown.
He would look about him at the families of 8 or 10 children, the women without makeup, the minister crying as he asked forgiveness from the pulpit, and he would have no way of knowing I was not one of them.
There's a slightly undertakerish look about him.
He's got that kind of unbeatable look about him".
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He looked about him and then he went away.
He looks about him, and his heart burns dry with rage; never has vice been more triumphant.
She strode out of the room and he sat looking about him.
Welcomed into an alien society, he looked about him with wide-eyed wonderment.
We meet in Manchester's Kro Bar, which Smith enters wearing a dark blue overcoat, moving slowly towards the bar, looking about him, hair dishevelled.
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