on the lookout for sb/sth

/ɒnðə lˈʊkaʊt fɔː ˌɛsbˈiː slˈaʃ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

/ɑːnðə lˈʊkaʊt fɔːɹ ˌɛsbˈiː slˈæʃ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

[phrase]

on the lookout for sb/sth

[PHRASE]

constantly paying attention to a person or thing to prevent a problem, danger, etc.

Examples

1. The entrepreneur believed that all is fish that comes to the net, so he was always on the lookout for new business opportunities, even if they seemed unconventional.

2. We're going to be on the lookout for legislation that is clearly backed or sponsored by companies like Amazon and Microsoft, where their lawyers and lobbyists have gone over the text to make sure that it's friendly to their business model.

3. We're going to be on the lookout for legislation that is clearly backed or sponsored by companies like Amazon and Microsoft, where their lawyers and lobbyists have gone over the text to make sure that it's friendly to their business model.

4. In an arid desert basin in Mongolia, around 30 million years ago, a very large mammal was on the lookout for food.