"keep a look-out" meaning in English

See keep a look-out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: keeps a look-out [present, singular, third-person], keeping a look-out [participle, present], kept a look-out [participle, past], kept a look-out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> a look-out}} keep a look-out (third-person singular simple present keeps a look-out, present participle keeping a look-out, simple past and past participle kept a look-out)
  1. Alternative form of be on the look-out Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: be on the look-out
    Sense id: en-keep_a_look-out-en-verb-Rrxbp5od Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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