One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Be carefully looking out for something, especially a possible danger.
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- ‘Practitioners should be careful to avoid these problems, and customers should be on the watch to avoid being victimized by them.’
- ‘Thus, in the future, commentators should be on the watch for federalism issues across a wide range of Court decision, implicating various amendments.’
- ‘‘We must be on the watch for any revival of anti-Semitism, and ready to act against the new forms of it that are appearing today,’ Annan said.’
- ‘What we ought to be doing is focusing our money and attention on identifying terrorists and their associates so we can be on the watch for these characters, not playing video games.’
- ‘These two new studies point to the need for parents and pediatricians to be on the watch for what might appear to be less serious breathing problems in their babies and young children when they sleep.’
- ‘If your child is having large amounts of diarrhea, be on the watch for signs of dehydration (a low level of body water).’
- ‘We should be on the watch, though, for commonalities which advance the project of thinking multiple traditions.’
- ‘In these days when so many men are using cutting torches, the physician must be on the watch for acute lead poisoning.’
- ‘If they had not been on the watch for raiders, they would have had time to find it beautiful.’
- ‘We also ask our church members and sympathetic local people to be on the watch for anything or anyone suspicious.’
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