be on the lookout

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to watch carefully for sb / sth in order to avoid danger, etc. or in order to find sth you want

   I'd be on the lookout for red flags.

In the movies · 10

• You're all on the lookout for Willoughby, eh?Sense and Sensibility1995
• I'd be on the lookout for red flags.The Suicide Squad2021
• They're always on the lookout for young executives. You're on your way up.The Apartment1960
• I'll be on the lookout.The Help2011
• Be on the lookout for a 1986 purple Chevy Caprice.Baby Driver2017
• Please be on the lookout for a living boy.Coco2017
• Be on the lookout for model airplanes packed with explosives.Fahrenheit 9/112004
• It might not hurt to be on the lookout for it.Oppenheimer2023

Learn it in full scenes

• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland
• The Apartment1960
  • Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
  • Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
  • Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• be lookout

More idioms

• get down to business
• in a way
• a walk in the park
• all the same
• catch red handed
• cost an arm and a leg
• follow in footsteps
• put all your eggs in one basket
• put your money where your mouth is
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• on the safe side