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Look out   /lʊk aʊt/   Listen
verb
Look  v. t.  
1.
To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
2.
To seek; to search for. (Obs.) "Looking my love, I go from place to place."
3.
To expect. (Obs.)
4.
To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition. "A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law."
5.
To express or manifest by a look. "Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again."
To look daggers. See under Dagger.
To look in the face, to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.
To look out, to seek for; to search out; as, prudent persons look out associates of good reputation.


Look  v. i.  (past & past part. looked; pres. part. looking)  
1.
To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.
2.
To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.
3.
To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy. "It would look more like vanity than gratitude." "Observe how such a practice looks in another person."
4.
To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front. "The inner gate that looketh to north." "The east gate... which looketh eastward."
5.
In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; used to call attention. "Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we expel of virtue." Note: Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent sentence, but see is oftener so used. "Look that ye bind them fast." "Look if it be my daughter."
6.
To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively. "My toes look through the overleather."
7.
To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate. "Looking each hour into death's mouth to fall."
To look about, to look on all sides, or in different directions.
To look about one, to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to be circumspect or guarded.
To look after.
(a)
To attend to; to take care of; as, to look after children.
(b)
To expect; to be in a state of expectation. "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth."
(c)
To seek; to search. "My subject does not oblige me to look after the water, or point forth the place where to it is now retreated."
To look at, to direct the eyes toward so that one sees, or as if to see; as, to look at a star; hence, to observe, examine, consider; as, to look at a matter without prejudice.
To look black, to frown; to scowl; to have a threatening appearance. "The bishops thereat repined, and looked black."
To look down on or To look down upon, to treat with indifference or contempt; to regard as an inferior; to despise.
To look for.
(a)
To expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a ship. "Look now for no enchanting voice."
(b)
To seek for; to search for; as, to look for lost money, or lost cattle.
To look forth.
(a)
To look out of something, as from a window.
(b)
To threaten to come out.
To look forward to. To anticipate with an expectation of pleasure; to be eager for; as, I am looking forward to your visit.
To look into, to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to examine; as, to look into the works of nature; to look into one's conduct or affairs.
To look on.
(a)
To regard; to esteem. "Her friends would look on her the worse."
(b)
To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think of. "I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic writer."
(c)
To be a mere spectator. "I'll be a candleholder, and look on."
To look out, to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the seaman looks out for breakers.
To look through.
(a)
To see through.
(b)
To search; to examine with the eyes.
To look to or To look unto.
(a)
To watch; to take care of. "Look well to thy herds."
(b)
To resort to with expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may look to surety for payment. "Look unto me, and be ye saved."
To look up, to search for or find out by looking; as, to look up the items of an account.
To look up to, to respect; to regard with deference.





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"Look out" Quotes from Famous Books



... told him—he seems to have been a garrulous old chap, according to all accounts. Or Ronald may have looked out of his window when he was retiring, and seen it for himself. I always look out of a bedroom window, and particularly if it is a strange ...
— The Shrieking Pit • Arthur J. Rees
... towards the evening; raining hard, and the blacks followed us all day, some behind, some planted before. In fact, blackfellows all around, following us. Now we went into a little bit of scrub, and I told Mr. Kennedy to look behind always. Sometimes he would do so, and sometimes he would not do so, to look out for the blacks. Then a good many blackfellows came behind in the scrub, and threw plenty of spears, and hit Mr. Kennedy in the back first. Mr. Kennedy said to me, 'Oh, Jacky Jacky shoot 'em! shoot 'em!' Then I pulled ...
— The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 • Ernest Favenc
... lovely corners of the world, before coming out here to be a dot on the wilderness. If I'd never had that heavenly summer at Fiesole, and those months with you at Corfu, and that winter in Rome with poor dear dead Katrinka! Sometimes I think of the nights we used to look out over Paris, from the roof above 'Tite Daneau's studio. And sometimes I think of the Pincio, with the band playing, and the carriages flashing, and the officers in uniform, and the milky white statues among the trees, and the golden mists of the late afternoon over the Immortal ...
— The Prairie Wife • Arthur Stringer
... down to the river, where you could get no farther for want of a boat, and trust 'em, they'll watch that night and day. Fellows who know they'll have a kris stuck into them, and be pitched into the river if they let a prisoner escape, look out pretty sharp." ...
— The Rajah of Dah • George Manville Fenn
... of themselves, sence Calline has been off. She has sot herself up marsterly. They have gone to work now and painted all the trays and paint-kags they can find red, and filled them with one thing another, and set them round the house. No good will come of that! When you see every thing painted red, look out for war; it's ...
— The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. - A Massachusetts Magazine of Literature, History, - Biography, And State Progress • Various


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