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watched one's step

watched one's step is the simple past and past participle of watch one's step.

Meaning of watch one's step

Verb

watch one's step (third-person singular simple present watches one's step, present participle watching one's step, simple past and past participle watched one's step)

  1. To move cautiously.
  2. (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

Questions about watched one's step

What is watched one's step the simple past and past participle of?
Watched one's step is the simple past and past participle of watch one's step.

Words near watched one's step in the dictionary

  1. watched like a hawk
  2. watched one's ass
  3. watched one's back
  4. watched one's language
  5. watched one's mouth
  6. watched one's step
  7. watched one's tongue
  8. watched out
  9. watched over
  10. watched paint dry
  11. watched the birdie

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