look out for number one

Example Sentences

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"If I were you, I'd look out for number one."

From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

Well, perhaps you might; but I have got to look out for number one.

From Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience by Alger, Horatio

We all look out for number one, but appeals made to the higher self are not unavailing.

From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill

I paid consider'ble attention to your preachin' yesterday and the text seemed to be to look out for number one.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

"Ah, well you've shown that you know how to look out for number one," he said.

From The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)