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tchrist
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Why is "look" transitvetransitive in "look you in the eye"?

Why is looklook used as a transitive verb in the phrase look you in the eye? 

I check "look"checked look in Cambridge Dictionaries and there isfound only an intransitive "look"look, not a transitive one.

Why is "look" transitve in "look you in the eye"

Why is look used as a transitive verb? I check "look" in Cambridge Dictionaries and there is only intransitive "look".

Why is "look" transitive in "look you in the eye"?

Why is look used as a transitive verb in the phrase look you in the eye? 

I checked look in Cambridge Dictionaries and found only an intransitive look, not a transitive one.

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Why is "look" transitve in "look you in the eye"

Why is look used as a transitive verb? I check "look" in Cambridge Dictionaries and there is only intransitive "look".