Usually means: Search actively for something specific.
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▸ verb:  (transitive) To search for; to seek.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic) To expect.

Similar:
seek, search, anticipate, look to, seek out, quest, forseek, search out, seek for, look after, more...

Opposite:
seek, search, hunt, seek out

Phrases:
look out for, look for trouble, look out for number one, to look for, Look Out for Number 1, more...

Adjectives:
searching, detect, suss, plumb, bone, probing, state, check, sound, seeking, dedicate

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Similar:
seek, search, anticipate, look to, seek out, quest, forseek, search out, seek for, look after, more...

Opposite:
seek, search, hunt, seek out

Phrases:
look out for, look for trouble, look out for number one, to look for, Look Out for Number 1, Look for a Star, Look for Your Own, Look for the Silver Lining, knowledge to look out for, look for something, more...

Adjectives:
searching, detect, suss, plumb, bone, probing, state, check, sound, seeking, dedicate

Colors:
    red,     yellow,     orange,     green,     blue, more...



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