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Definition of Look out

1. Verb. Be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful. "The men look out for animals in the area"; "Watch out for pickpockets!"

2. Verb. To protect someone's interests. "A man's gotta look out for his family"

Definition of Look out

1. Verb. (intransitive) To look from within to the outside ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) Be vigilant and aware. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To find by looking: to hunt out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Look Out

look backward look before you leap look book look daggers look down on look down one's nose look down upon look for look forward look forward to

look here look into look like look off look on look out (current term) look out for number one look out on look out over look over

look round look sharp look the other way look the part look through look to look up look up to look upon

Literary usage of Look out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
".CHAPTER I. ON THE LOOK-OUT. Ix these times of ours, though concerning the exact year ... and his hands loose in his waist-band, kept an eager look-out. ..."

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