look out for

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   to take care of sb and make sure nothing bad happens to them

2. Oxford40% of films

   to try to avoid sth bad happening or doing sth bad

   Look out for the evil characters.

In the movies · 21

• - I'm just looking out for you. - What's wrong?Silver Linings Playbook2012
• Guess it's your lucky day. Somebody's looking out for you.The Place Beyond the Pines2013
• Look. Tucker, thank you. I really appreciate you looking out for me.There's Something About Mary1998
• Look out for the evil characters.South Park: Imaginationland2008
• Let's look out for each other.Everest2015
• Look out for the hole!The Smurfs2011
• You gotta look out for number one.Shanghai Knights2003
• Look out for the little guyAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023

Learn it in full scenes

• Silver Linings Playbook2012
  • Pat Rides Home From the Hospital
  • Pat's Silver Lining Speech
  • Pat Tells Dr. Patel the Truth
• There's Something About Mary1998
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Meets Mary's Family

From the same entry

• be just looking
• be looking to do
• look bad
• look bad
• look good
• look here
• look how
• look up and down
• look yourself
• never look back
• not much to look at
• to look at

More phrasal verbs

• pull yourself together
• miss out
• get through
• check on
• relate to
• turn to
• bear with
• get to
• sort out
• come along
• open up
• refer to