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watches one's step

watches one's step is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 watches one's step

What is watches one's step the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Watches one's step is the third-person singular simple present indicative of watch one's step.

Words near watches one's step in the dictionary

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

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