Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

was on the lookout

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
was on the look-out
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does was on the lookout mean?
simple past of be on the lookout

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