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lo exclamation [ ləʊ ]

• used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event.
• "and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them"
Origin: natural exclamation: first recorded as lā in Old English; reinforced in Middle English by a shortened form of loke ‘look!’, imperative of look.

LO noun

• a person's young son or daughter (particularly used in online forums).
• "my LO doesn't nap during the day"
Origin: early 21st century: abbreviation of little one .

lo and behold

• used to present a new scene, situation, or turn of events, often with the suggestion that, though surprising, it could in fact have been predicted.
"you took me out and, lo and behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked"



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