look out for number one
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look out for number one¹
Where it comes from
From look out for + number one (“oneself”). Attested since the 1830s at the latest.
verb looks out for number one · looking out for number one · looked out for number one · look for number one · look out for Number One
- To act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself. S.—Ah—get out. Look out for number one—that's my doctrine; and let others do the same;—and if they don't, why, the flats must be contented with being gulled—that's all. It is n't my look-out, if a man does n't know enough, or does n't think enough, or is n't careful enough: if I can shave him a litt
look out for Number One²
verb looks out for Number One · looking out for Number One · looked out for Number One
- Alternative form of look out for number one
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| Español | arrimar el ascua a su sardina, barrer para dentro, barrer para casa |
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