Dictionary

on the lookout en · ADP

Meanings

1. Constantly alert, intent on finding something or someone.
   • 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. 2020, Jess Ryder, The Night Away:
   • 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.

Coordinates

all-points bulletin

Deriveds

be on the lookout

Relateds

keep a weather eye open

Synonyms

on the outlook

Translations (10)

es andar a la mira (intent on finding something) · tr peşinde (intent on finding something) · pt de olho (intent on finding something) · es estar a la vista (intent on finding something) · tr arayışında (intent on finding something) · pl na czatach (intent on finding something) · it stare in guardia (intent on finding something) · mi matakana (intent on finding something) · fr à l'affût (intent on finding something) · es ojo avizor (intent on finding something)