look out
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look out
verb looks out · looking out · looked out
- To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. While you're in the city center, look out for the dodgy street vendors.
- To find by looking: to hunt out. Morgan pulled a Greek lexicon toward him (he used a Greek-German), to look out a word, instead of asking it of Pemberton.
- To be facing. A spacious room that looks out on the sea.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, out. On the morning of the eighth day, he found himself looking out across the river.
- Ellipsis of look out for (someone) Hey man, I know it costs four dollars but I only have three. Can you please look out?
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verb to look from within to the outside
| Deutsch | hinausschauen |
|---|---|
| Italiano | affacciarsi, guardare fuori |
| Русский | выгля́дывать vygljádyvatʹ, вы́глянуть výgljanutʹ |
| العربية | أَطَلَّ ʔaṭalla |
verb to be vigilant and aware
| 中文 | 当心 dāngxīn, 小心 xiǎoxīn, 注意 zhùyì |
|---|---|
| Français | prendre garde |
| Deutsch | aufpassen |
| Italiano | fare attenzione, stare attento, badare |
| Română | fi atent |
| Русский | быть настороже́ bytʹ nastorožé, быть осторо́жным bytʹ ostoróžnym |
| Tiếng Việt | cảnh giác, để ý |
| العربية | حا َسـِب |
verb to find by looking
| Italiano | cercare, cercare con lo sguardo |
|---|
verb to be facing
| Español | mirar a, dar a |
|---|---|
| Italiano | affacciarsi, essere rivolto, dare su |
Talk about this word "look out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/look%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. look out. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/look%20out "look out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/look%20out.
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@misc{look_out_2026,
title = {look out},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/look%20out},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
