on the prowl
on the prowl
1. slang Looking for a sexual partner. This bar is a favorite destination of young men and women out on the prowl.
2. slang Actively looking for someone or something. Usually followed by "for." I've been on the prowl for a new television that I can get for a good price.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
on the prowl
looking for someone for sexual purposes. (Alludes to a prowling cat.) Tom looks like he is on the prowl again tonight. That whole gang of boys is on the prowl. Watch out.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
on the prowl
Actively looking for something, as in Their underpaid computer programmers are always on the prowl for better jobs. This idiom transfers an animal's search for prey to human pursuits that are usually less bloodthirsty. [c. 1800]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
on the prowl
mod. looking for someone for sexual purposes, in the manner of a prowling cat. Tom looks like he is on the prowl again tonight.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
on the prowl
Actively looking for something: salespeople on the prowl for better jobs.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- look for
- look for (someone or something)
- looking like a whole meal
- as it just so happens
- take a number
- it (just) so happens (that)
- it so happens that...
- looking like a snack
- spread over
- spread over (someone or something)