Definition of 'lookout'

You have to be on the lookout for new ones all the time.

She asked the public to be on the lookout for suspicious behaviour and to contact the police.

Keeping a lookout for butterflies can also have unexpected benefits.

The company is rumoured to be on the lookout for acquisitions.

The reality star insists she is not on the lookout for another man.

Around the large expanse of lawn is a perimeter walk with regular lookout points over the park and the river.

The grassy foundations of a Roman lookout tower lay low on a hump of ground.

Here the forest is so dense, a lookout tower was built to see above the trees.

Both of these can be controlled to some extent by stopping regularly and by having others near by to keep a lookout for you.

A drug deal takes place in a garage while youths keep a lookout.

We're on the lookout for one boy and one girl who can take the fashion world by storm.

His job often involved climbing onto roofs and lookout posts so he could identify the enemy and protect Marines from encroaching insurgents.

They will deduce that there are fewer officers on the lookout for proper offenders, such as drunken drivers or those without insurance.

The reality is that if we are constantly on the lookout for wrong behaviour in other people, we will always find it.

The young prince also saw off an enemy raid on his tiny lookout post by leaping on to a heavy machine gun and blasting the rebels away.

I'll keep a lookout for ghosts before turning out the light.

A gang of at least six hurled grenades as 11 lags climbed to freedom from a lookout tower.

It stands on the east side of the harbour and was built in the 1850s as a lookout point to guard against ship and city fires.

Indeed, the company is still on the lookout for European acquisitions.

It's a rich man's house on an island always on the lookout for rich men.

British soldiers in four-wheel-drive cars escorted a line of six Afghan trucks to the first lookout tower.

Most of my guests say they keep a lookout on how Blackpool are doing in the Championship.

To reach them, climb up to the top of the point - there are stunning views from the ruined lookout tower.

After clinging together for a moment or two, they followed the group, who had just raced down from the lookout tower.

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