just looking

idiom

—used to tell a store clerk that one is looking at the things being sold in the store but does not plan to buy anything specific

The clerk asked if I needed any help, but I told him I was just looking.

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But the petrified driver was just looking for a way out of the Palisades. —

Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025 After Trump's resounding election win in November, the city's Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom for immigrants who had arrived in the city and were just looking to legally work and build a life. —

Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025 Post Malone and Shane Gillis for Bud Light Post Malone and Shane Gillis are just looking for a good time. —

Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025 The first movie, treating Sonic like a kid who was just looking for friends and was feeling like an outsider… all of that is very relatable stuff. —

Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for just looking