a-watchadv.
/əˈwɒtʃ/ On the watch, watching.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adverb]
vigilantly1531
watchfully1538
watchingly1552
wakefullya1586
guardfully?1611
unwinkingly1849
a-watch1856
alertly1865
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 291 As a dog a-watch for his master's foot.
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adv.1856- to set one's face
- to set one's face against
- to set one's face as a flint
- to set one's face for
- to set one's face for from
- to set one's face for to
- to set one's face for towards
- to set one's face in a brake
- to set one's face like a flint
- to set one's foot
- to set one's foot by
- to set one's foot down
- to set one's foot forward
- to set one's foot on the neck of
- to set one's foot to
- to set one's foot upon
- to set one's hand against
- to set one's hand to
- to set one's hand to the door
- to set one's hand to the plough
- to set one's hand(s on
- to set one's heart (in
- to set one's heart on
- to set one's house in order
- to set one's main to