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lookout
1[ look-out ]
noun
- the act of looking out or keeping watch.
- a watch kept, as for something that may happen.
- a person or group keeping a watch.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a station or place from which a watch is kept.
- an object of care or concern:
That's not my lookout.
- Chiefly British. view; prospect; outlook:
The business lookout is far from optimistic.
Lookout
2[ look-out ]
noun
- Cape Lookout, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off eastern North Carolina, southwest of Cape Hatteras: known for its lighthouse.
lookout
/ ˈʊˌʊ /
noun
- the act of keeping watch against danger, etc
- a person or persons instructed or employed to keep such a watch, esp on a ship
- a strategic point from which a watch is kept
- informal.worry or concern
that's his lookout
- outlook, chances, or view
verb
- to heed one's behaviour; be careful
look out for the children's health
- to be on the watch
look out for my mother at the station
- tr to search for and find
I'll look out some curtains for your new house
- foll byon or over to face in a particular direction
the house looks out over the moor
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lookout1
Idioms and Phrases
see keep an eye out for (sharp lookout) ; on the lookout . Also see entries beginning with look out .Example Sentences
Do workers need to be on the lookout for squatters?
Mendoza was there when his platoon took over an Iraqi home for a lookout and then came under heavy fire.
I was amused at what I had underlined as an overeager student, always on the lookout for the explanatory phrase.
It found the vessels did not have "dedicated lookouts" in what were "patchy conditions".
An oil tanker and cargo ship that crashed in the North Sea did not have "dedicated lookouts" in what were "patchy conditions", an interim report has found.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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