watch one's step en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
- To move cautiously.
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(idiomatic) To be cautious.
We congratulate our correspondents on some very cogent reasoning, and shall have to watch our step even more carefully in future!
1944 May and June, “In the Critics' Den”, in Railway Magazine, page 132:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| watching one's step | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| watched one's step | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| watched one's step | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| watches one's step | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
el προσέχω πού πατάω (to move cautiously) · cmn 走路小心 (to move cautiously) · fr être prudent (to be cautious) · fi katsoa eteensä (to move cautiously) · hu a lába elé néz (to move cautiously) · fr faire attention (to be cautious) · cmn 谨慎行事 (to be cautious) · fr regarder devant soi (to move cautiously) · fr faire attention où l'on marche (to move cautiously) · fi katsoa eteensä (to be cautious)