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look out

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  1. Also, watch out. Be careful, be watchful, as in Look out that you don't slip and fall on the ice, or Watch out! There's a car coming. [c. 1600] Also see look out for.


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From that restaurant Cardoso could look out the window and see sloping hills and Lucas’ Wagyu cows raised there on the farm.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Sheer Health also told me to look out for two common traps:

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

A good rule too is that when everybody is focused on a problem, look out instead for the problem they’re not focused on.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Sazan appealed to the infamously paranoid Hoxha as a vantage point from which he and his associates could look out for any invaders who might come sailing over the Mediterranean to interrupt his rule.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

All Bartok had to do was to be a watchman for three hours, six days a week, and look out for prowlers.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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