look on phrasal verb ( see also ↑ look )
1 . to watch something happening, without being involved in it or trying to stop it ⇨ onlooker :
Only one man tried to help us, the rest just looked on in silence.
2 . look on somebody/something ( also look upon somebody/something ) to consider someone or something in a particular way, or as a particular thing
look on as
I look on him as a good friend.
look on with
Strangers to the village are looked upon with a mixture of fear and suspicion.