on the lookout
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- Constantly alert, intent on finding something or someone.
- Synonym: on the outlook
- I'm on the lookout for a good example of a Roman dinar from the 1st century. Let me know if you hear of one anywhere.
- 2020, Jess Ryder, The Night Away:
- In London, of all places, where people are always on the lookout for opportunities to commit crimes: an unzipped handbag, a phone sticking out of a back pocket, an unpadlocked bike.
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intent on finding something
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