out for

idiom

: to be determined to get
He was out for revenge.

Examples of out for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Berkeley protesters have camped out for the last two days in opposition to the war in Gaza. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024 Keep an eye out for the blue signage and banners at Miami-Dade Water stations along the route. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024 In art history, the odalisque is a female figure in repose, her body splayed out for the viewer’s eye to devour. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024 Somewhere along the line, everyone became friends, Hayko even once flying Boyd and some other tribal members out for two weeks to vacation at his beach house in Sea Isle, New Jersey. Stayton Bonner, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024 Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race featured 14 queens from across the country battling it out for the win. Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024 Monk had the most productive season of his career before an MCL sprain knocked him out for the remainder of the season. Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 20 Apr. 2024 There’s a reason the baseball season is so long because these ebbs and flows cancel each other out for the most part. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024 Meanwhile, the person who had made the quilt sent a replacement, and Malarkey kept an eye out for it. Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024

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“Out for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20for. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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