just looking
idiom
—used to tell a store clerk that one is looking at the things being sold in the store but does not plan to buy anything specific
The clerk asked if I needed any help, but I told him I was just looking.
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And just looking at this, watching a female representative lose her ability to vote and to speak on the House floor for defending girls and women.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
But the petrified driver was just looking for a way out of the Palisades.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
After Trump's resounding election win in November, the city's Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom for immigrants who had arrived in the city and were just looking to legally work and build a life.
—Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Post Malone and Shane Gillis for Bud Light Post Malone and Shane Gillis are just looking for a good time.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
But the petrified driver was just looking for a way out of the Palisades.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
After Trump's resounding election win in November, the city's Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom for immigrants who had arrived in the city and were just looking to legally work and build a life.
—Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Post Malone and Shane Gillis for Bud Light Post Malone and Shane Gillis are just looking for a good time.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for just looking
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“Just looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20looking. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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