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on the watch

on the watch is the alternative form of on watch.

Meaning of on watch

Prepositional phrase

  1. On duty as a guard or lookout
    Synonyms:
    on the watch
  2. Vigilant; alert.

Synonyms of on the watch

Questions about on the watch

What is on the watch the alternative form of?
On the watch is the alternative form of on watch.

Words near on the watch in the dictionary

  1. on the wagon
  2. on the wallaby
  3. on the wallaby track
  4. on the wane
  5. on the warpath
  6. on the watch
  7. on the water cart
  8. on the water wagon
  9. on the way
  10. on the way out
  11. on the whole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the watch (page history and authors); on watch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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