watchout

American  

[woch-out] / ˈwɒtʃˌaʊt /

noun

1. the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout.

   Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.

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Etymology

Origin of watchout

1880–85, noun use of verb phrase watch out

Example Sentences

Day 275 shows Allie holding up two sheets of paper that read, “Dear Santa, I am 4 years old. My favorite things are mostly tiny Legos. My favorite color is pink. For Christmas, I would like a Jungle Rescue Lego watchout tower, Lego Arendelle castle & other Frozen Legos … I would also like any surprises you think of. Please bring presents for my cousin Elsie, too.”

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Then Josh Wang, from the Watchout civic group, stepped up to the microphone.

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The next night, Watchout’s crew scrutinized Han Kuo-yu, the candidate for the China-friendly Kuomintang, and found five areas of concern.

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Watchout, which began as a congressional watchdog but has morphed into a crowdsourced cohort of fact-checkers, is one of the grass-roots groups tackling disinformation ahead of Saturday’s vote.

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Watchout Studio on Facebook confirmed Wozniak-Starak’s death, describing him as a “true friend.”

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