watch out
— phrasal verb with watch uk/wɒtʃ/us/wɑːtʃ/verb
B2 used to warn someone of danger or an accident that seems likely to happen:
"Watch out!" he shouted, but it was too late - she had knocked the whole tray of drinks onto the floor.
More examples
- Watch out for thieves round here.
- Watch out! It's rather wet over there.
- Watch out for bears!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying attention and being careful
- attention
- attention span
- be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
- be on (your) guard idiom
- cautious
- centre
- eye
- focus
- handle/treat sb with kid gloves idiom
- hang
- hang on/upon sth
- have a care idiom
- have/keep your ear to the ground idiom
- middle
- take note of sth idiom
- the/a glare of sth idiom
- tread carefully/gently/lightly idiom
- walk
- walk on eggs/eggshells idiom
- zoom
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