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suicide watch en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) A period of monitoring of someone, especially a prisoner deemed likely to commit suicide, to ensure they do not attempt suicide.
Previously, Bob had mentioned that they had 14 clients on 'suicide watch' (where volunteers make regular contact with the men involved).
2021 March 10, Paul Bigland, “They can leave their problems at the gate”, in RAIL, number 926, page 60:be on suicide watch
put someone on suicide watch
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