To look up to somebody is to admire them as your example. Look up to an older brother, somebody to look up to, children look up to teachers.
It means more than liking, since it involves taking the person as a model. It is the opposite of look down on, and the two are almost always taught together.
1phraselook up toTo admire someone as your example.
“Every apprentice in the yard had somebody to look up to.”
look up to is a phrase.
Practised in Phrasal Verbs