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on the prowl
Idioms and Phrases
Actively looking for something, as in Their underpaid computer programmers are always on the prowl for better jobs . This idiom transfers an animal's search for prey to human pursuits that are usually less bloodthirsty. [c. 1800]Example Sentences
Saxon is the preening alpha male, vocally on the prowl for sex, telling his little brother that he needs to drink more protein shakes and man up.
Soundless, but titled “The listening dimension,” the installation demands being alert — like a human animal on the prowl, one could say, a beast who depends on being acutely observant for survival.
As much of Seattle tries to sleep, the Hellcat supercar goes on the prowl, the howls of its engine and the explosive backfires from its tailpipes echoing off the high-rise towers downtown.
While much of North America was covered in Ice Age glaciers, here, mastodons lumbered across verdant meadows, stopping to feed on brush, warily eyeing the forest's edge for saber-tooth cats on the prowl for their calves.
Its five fabulous dancers — in short shorts, tight pants and a lot of hot pink — are like a clique of teenagers on the prowl for a good time.
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