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watching it

watching it is the present participle and gerund of watch it.

Meaning of watch it

Verb

watch it (third-person singular simple present watches it, present participle watching it, simple past and past participle watched it)

  1. (idiomatic) To be careful or cautious; to pay attention to what one is doing (usually imperative).
    • Hey, watch it! You nearly hit me.

Questions about watching it

What is watching it the present participle and gerund of?
Watching it is the present participle and gerund of watch it.

Words near watching it in the dictionary

  1. watchin'
  2. watching
  3. watching brief
  4. watching briefs
  5. watching grass grow
  6. watching it
  7. watching like a hawk
  8. watching one's ass
  9. watching one's back
  10. watching one's language
  11. watching one's mouth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watching it (page history and authors); watch it (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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