look over one's shoulder
English
Verb
look over one's shoulder
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, over, shoulder.
- 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 150:
- Nick walked over and touched the brass knob, looked over his shoulder as if Judah may be watching from the doorway.
- (idiomatic) To check obsessively out of excessive caution or fear of a perceived danger.
- This is a cutthroat industry. You have to constantly look over your shoulder.
Translations
check obsessively out of fear
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