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  1. 09-Dec-2010, 09:55 #1
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    Question "It's your own lookout!"

    Hi,
    Please may I have some explanation and examples about this idiom?

    Thanks.
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    Default Re: "It's your own lookout!"

    I have normally heard and seen this without 'own'.

    It means 'it's your concern', often with a slightly negative or dimissive implication.

    James: I think that you'd be unwise to resign over such a small thing. Jobs are hard to find in the current climate.
    Henry: You might not resign, but I have made up my mind to.
    James: Well, it's your lookout.
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    Default Re: "It's your own lookout!"

    Look here for a definition and example:

    Definition of it's your own lookout from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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