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 Cartoonist Tom Gauld explains why librarians are out for ‘Revenge’ Both Bertin and Forbes want to see the characters develop and change. Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 21 June 2024 Warrants were out for her arrest, supposedly, in Maryland and Texas and she was being charged with cybercrimes, money laundering, and drug trafficking. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024 First baseman Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in his MLB debut, hours after he was called up to help replace Anthony Rizzo, who is expected to be out for about two months with a fractured right forearm. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024 Despite emerging pictures of the gladiator’s revealing on-set kilt, Mescal’s negligible inseam is our Roman Empire, his dueling pins battling it out for our attention. Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for out for 

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“Out for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20for. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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