Look out for
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Definition
To watch for something specific
Example sentence
Look out for ice on the road while you are driving.
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
look out, there's a car coming
look out, it's hot
look out, you're going to fall
look out, it's coming your way
look out behind you
look out below
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
Look out for his email! ✅ (Correct)
Look his email out for! ❌ (Incorrect)