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Meaning of look-out book | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An official list of people who should not be admitted to a country.

Examples

“Thanks to assistance from the automation people, we now have a better look-out book. […] For every post we have a book with about 80,000 names of people to whom visas should not be issued prior to consulting with the Department, another post, or a district office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.”

“We have this stupid look out book which is going to get worse because they are going to computerize it. The look out book keeps you out of this country, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

look-see Look-up look, appearance lookability lookahead lookahead time