on the watch
prep_phraseDefinitions
Alternative form of on watch.
- "Come into that little brush-shop and sit down, father—they'll let you sit down," said Eppie, always on the watch lest one of her father's strange attacks should come on.
- Even when he eats and sleeps there is always one on the watch near him who has strength and weapons.
- His children, married and single, were ever on the watch for what they could get out of him.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for on the watch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA