look out for

See to the welfare of, as in Mary was assigned to look out for the youngsters on the playground . Similar to look after , this expression appears in such terms as look out for number one , meaning “see to one's own best interests,” as in Looking out for number one is Barbara's first priority . Versions of this expression, such as take care of number one , date from 1700.
Be careful of or watchful for something or someone, as in Look out for broken glass on the floor , or Look out for Mary—she'll be coming any minute . [Second half of 1600s] Also see look out .

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I don't expect the court to take a hard turn to originalism in this case, but that would be one other thing to look out for, is whether they sort of clean up any language and adopt history as more of a metric for equality law.

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Senior male pupils later asked Ms Black "have you heard the news?" adding "look out for Jessica Jackrabbit".

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We’re going to need to share tools, look out for our neurodivergent neighbors, fight like hell to keep our homes and stubbornly believe in each other’s gifts.

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"We don't mince our words, wildlife is in trouble so part of our remit as a programme is to try and engage people so they develop a deep-rooted affinity for it and they want to look out for it."

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This week, Amicus goes into June Opinionpalooza mode with some meta-analysis of what to look out for as the Supreme Court delivers dozens of decisions over the next month or so.

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