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look out for someone

look out for someone verb: to guard, protect, support; to take care of; to watch over.

Verb

look out for someone (third-person singular simple present looks out for someone, present participle looking out for someone, simple past and past participle looked out for someone)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To guard, protect, support; to take care of; to watch over
    • When Susan comes to Boston, since you're there, can you look out for her and make sure she's alright?
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To cover, especially the cost or expenses for.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To treat favourably.
    • I really need you to look out for me on this deal since the last two have gone sour.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look out, for.

Forms of look out for someone

third-person singular presentlooks out for someone
present participlelooking out for someone
past participlelooked out for someone
pastlooked out for someone

Words formed from look out for someone

Questions about look out for someone

What does look out for someone mean?
Look out for someone means to guard, protect, support; to take care of; to watch over.
What part of speech is look out for someone?
Look out for someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of look out for someone?
The past tense of look out for someone is looked out for someone.

Words near look out for someone in the dictionary

  1. look on the positive side
  2. look one's age
  3. look one's best
  4. look out
  5. look out for number one
  6. look out for someone
  7. look over
  8. look over one's shoulder
  9. look past
  10. look past the end of one's nose
  11. look past the tip of one's nose

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