out for

idiom

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

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It’s based on the Met Gala jewel-thieving heist in Ocean’s 8, complete with fake jewels being swapped out for real ones, facilitated in part by a bathroom emergency. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024 Some thought that questions about the future of women’s reproductive rights would turn voters out for Vice President Kamala Harris and deliver Trump a crushing defeat — instead, women ended up gravitating toward him. Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024 With an arrest warrant out for him, Ammon’s giving me the low-down in the shop out back of his home in Emmett, Idaho. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024 Thomas went on to explain some of the key areas where IBM already sees this playing out for customers, especially in customer experience, employee experience and IT operations. Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 5 Nov. 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 17 Nov. 2024.

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