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keep an eye out for
Idioms and Phrases
Also, keep a sharp lookout for . Be watchful for something or someone, as in Keep an eye out for the potholes in the road , or They told him to keep a sharp lookout for the police . The first expression, sometimes amplified to keep a sharp eye out for , dates from the late 1800s, the variant from the mid-1700s. Also see have one's eye on , def. 1; keep a weather eye ; keep one's eyes open ; look out .Example Sentences
“I keep an eye out for everyone,” says Abraham, a sales recruiter who works from their living room, which overlooks the street.
Keep an eye out for surprise guests: Last year at the Bowl, Nelson brought out John Densmore of the Doors to play various percussion “doohickeys,” as the singer put it.
Below, you’ll find a list of seven films to keep an eye out for.
On Friday, security was still tight inside the Palisades, with police and troops at most major intersections and others patrolling on horseback and dirt bikes to keep an eye out for looters.
Other notable anniversaries to keep an eye out for include the 10th anniversary of Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, which made headlines shortly after its publication; the 20th birthday of YouTube, which was founded by three former employees of PayPal; and the 60th anniversary of “The Sound of Music.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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