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The phrase "look off" is not considered to be grammatically correct or widely used in written English.
If you are looking for a phrase to use in its place, you could use "look away," for example: I was so uncomfortable with the situation, I had to look away.
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look off
verb
To put off by one's facial expression
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And look Off Off Broadway, too.
Officers look off into the distance.
Look at this example, does anything look off?
Something to set his look off just so.
I have also seen him look off defenders early before turning and throwing across the field.
I look off to the right to see a series of older posts.
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Look off-campus, too.
-- although the nails do look off-color to me.
Foods that somehow look off-colour often seem to have off tastes.
Don't look off-screen.
Look off-site for information.
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