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watch back

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watch your back (informal)
to be careful of the people around you, making sure that they do nothing to harm you. It's a rough neighbourhood so watch your back when you're walking around the streets.
See also: back, watch

watch your back
to be careful of what is happening around you. You have to watch your back all the time in this neighborhood.
Related vocabulary: watch your step
See also: back, watch

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"She is ten minutes after her time," he said, and put his watch back in his pocket again.
Before I had put my watch back in my pocket, he was asleep.
He died, and sent this watch back to me, with its Do not forget.
 
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