look out for number one

Example Sentences

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But a fellow’s got to look out for number one.

From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod

You are a strong fighter for your rights, resent interference, look out for number one at all times, but are honest and frank in that seeking.

From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.

“Trust Len Schlager to look out for number one first, an’ be sheriff afterward,” observed some one else.

From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

If we don't look out for number one, who will take charge of that precious numeral?

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William

A problem that puzzled me a little was where they obtain water for drinking and bathing purposes, but no doubt such blithe and active birds are able to "look out for number one."

From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)