on the lookout for
idiom
: looking or searching for (something or someone)
An avid shopper, she was always on the lookout for sales.
The police are on the lookout for two men who escaped from custody yesterday.
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Cooking trends on Earth mirror cooking trends in space, says Jennifer Levasseur, the space food curator at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, who is always on the lookout for new space food technologies.
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Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Seppala decided to cross Norton Sound with Togo on the lookout for bad ice.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
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Rossana Orlandi, a doyenne of Milanese design, is always on the lookout for new talents and concepts.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
In 2024, the agency advises taxpayers and businesses to be especially on the lookout for bogus tax avoidance strategies, fake charities and scammers impersonating the IRS through phishing emails and smishing text messages.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Seppala decided to cross Norton Sound with Togo on the lookout for bad ice.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
This City Is Italy’s Capital of Fashion and Finance — What to See, Eat, and Do
Isola
Rossana Orlandi, a doyenne of Milanese design, is always on the lookout for new talents and concepts.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
In 2024, the agency advises taxpayers and businesses to be especially on the lookout for bogus tax avoidance strategies, fake charities and scammers impersonating the IRS through phishing emails and smishing text messages.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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“On the lookout for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20lookout%20for. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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