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on the watch en · ADP

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of on watch.
    alt of on watch
    • His children, married and single, were ever on the watch for what they could get out of him. 1924 December 1, “Peasants”, in Time:
    • "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. 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXI, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
    • The department also notified its Bureau of Forestry and Electricity to be on the watch for ice on trees and power lines. 2007, "WEATHER UPDATE," WBBM780.com (Illinois), 2 Dec.
    • Even when he eats and sleeps there is always one on the watch near him who has strength and weapons. 1897, Joseph Conrad, Karain: A Memoir:

Synonyms

on watch