on the lookout for

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in search of; looking for.

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My own hand placed it in one of the rouleaux of false half-crowns; and my own hand also directed the spurious coin, when it had been safely packed up, to a certain London dealer who was to be on the lookout for it by the next night's mail.

A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context

The French have been on the lookout for that sort of thing.

The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

Anatole was at the door, evidently on the lookout for the Rostovs.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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on the hook
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on the job
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on the lookout for
on the loose
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on the mend
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on the offensive

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