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watching one's step

watching one's step is the present participle and gerund 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 watching one's step

What is watching one's step the present participle and gerund of?
Watching one's step is the present participle and gerund of watch one's step.

Words near watching one's step in the dictionary

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

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