land a job
The phrase ‘land a job’ means ‘find a job and be hired‘.
last laugh
The phrase ‘last laugh’ means ‘ultimate success achieved after a near failure‘.
late bloomer
A ‘late bloomer’ is a ‘person whose capabilities or talents are not visible to others until later than usual‘.
loaf around
‘Loaf around’ means ‘waste time, or idle the time away doing almost nothing‘.
look [someone/something] up
The phrase ‘look [someone/something] up’ has two meanings.
One of its meanings is ‘seek [someone/something] out‘, as illustrated by the sentence ‘Having lost track of her daughter, Jenny tried to look her up and get in touch with her.‘.
The other meaning is ‘seek information about [someone/something] in a book or listing‘.
look at
One of the meanings of the phrase ‘look at [something]’ is ‘think carefully about [a subject or situation], especially in order to make a decision‘.
Sometimes when people want to get a rough estimate on how long something will take, they also use the phrase ‘look at’ in sentences such as ‘What are we looking at here: weeks or months or years?‘.
look out for
One of the meanings of ‘look out for [someone/something]’ is ‘look carefully at [people/things] in one’s surroundings in order to try to find a particular [person/thing]‘. This is illustrated by the following sentence: ‘Look out for deals when you go shopping.‘
Where the above meaning is concerned, you can also use the noun form ‘lookout’ as in ‘He is on the lookout for opportunities‘. The foregoing sentence means the same thing as ‘He is keeping an eye out for opportunities‘.