on the watch

Idioms  

1. see on the lookout.

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Example Sentences

Exports of dual-use items from entities on the watch list will be strictly reviewed and exports involving Japanese military users, military uses, and any other end-user uses that contribute to enhancing Japan’s military strength won’t be approved, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Meta AI glasses are new, and while those devices aren’t as common, adults are on the watch now.

From Slate

“In the meanwhile,” says Tooth, “as Home Guard volunteers, you must be on the watch for enemy agents. You are empowered to detain anyone whom you have good reason to suspect of sabotaging telephone wires, signaling to airplanes, or any such acts of treachery. Anyone you suspect of scouting or spying for the enemy.”

From Literature

We can observe this as the bigotry it was while still taking the point: Americans, having thrown off the yoke of the British crown, should be, as Abbot put it, “suspicious of our liberties,” on the watch for any possibility that we might set ourselves up for a new despotism despite our best intentions.

From Slate

While JJ tried to get back from Dallas, Chelsea decided she needed to tell their sons what was happening, to prepare them for the worst-case outcomes that were becoming more and more likely with each new image on the TV and each new update on the watch duty app.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• attentive
• careful
• cautious
• observant
• suspicious
• vigilant
• wary