"on the outlook" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1884, Margaret Oliphant, chapter 3, in The Wizard’s Son, volume 1, London: Macmillan, page 47",
          "text": "Behind the curtain, between the laths of the Venetian blind, his mother would be secretly on the outlook watching for his return;",
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          "ref": "1954, Philip K. Dick, “The Crystal Crypt”, in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, volume 1, Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, page 289",
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        "Watching intently (from a vantage point, for someone or something)."
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          "word": "on the lookout"
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          "word": "vigilant"
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          "word": "upon the outlook"
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      "word": "upon the outlook"
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