- watch step
- watch (your) step
to be careful in a situation that could be dangerous.
Related vocabulary: watch your back
You have to watch your step when you're dealing with him, as he has an awful temper.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
watch step
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watch one's step — {v. phr.} To mend one s ways; exercise prudence, tact, and care. * /I have to watch my step with the new boss as he is a very proud and sensitive individual./ … Dictionary of American idioms
watch one's step — {v. phr.} To mend one s ways; exercise prudence, tact, and care. * /I have to watch my step with the new boss as he is a very proud and sensitive individual./ … Dictionary of American idioms
step — ► NOUN 1) an act of lifting and setting down the foot or alternate feet, as in walking. 2) the distance covered by a step. 3) informal a short and easily walked distance. 4) a flat surface on which to place one s foot when moving from one level… … English terms dictionary
watch your step — watch (your) step to be careful in a situation that could be dangerous. You have to watch your step when you re dealing with him, as he has an awful temper. Related vocabulary: watch your back … New idioms dictionary
step — [step] n. [ME steppe < OE stepe, akin to Ger stapf < IE base * steb(h) , post (> STAMP): basic sense “to stamp feet”] 1. the act of moving and placing the foot forward, backward, sideways, up, or down, as in walking, dancing, or climbing … English World dictionary
step — step1 W2S2 [step] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(movement)¦ 2¦(action)¦ 3¦(in a process)¦ 4¦(stair)¦ 5¦(distance)¦ 6¦(sound)¦ 7¦(dancing)¦ 8 in step 9 out of step 10 watch your step … Dictionary of contemporary English
step — step1 W2S2 [step] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(movement)¦ 2¦(action)¦ 3¦(in a process)¦ 4¦(stair)¦ 5¦(distance)¦ 6¦(sound)¦ 7¦(dancing)¦ 8 in step 9 out of step 10 watch your step … Dictionary of contemporary English
watch — watch1 W1S1 [wɔtʃ US wa:tʃ, wo:tʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(look)¦ 2¦(be careful)¦ 3¦(pay attention)¦ 4¦(care for)¦ 5¦(secretly)¦ 6 watch your step 7 watch your back 8 watch the clock 9 watch the time 10 watch it … Dictionary of contemporary English
Watch Your Step — Infobox Album Name = Watch Your Step Type = compilation Artist = Ted Hawkins Released = 1982 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Watch Your Step Next album = Watch Your Step was a 1982 album by Ted… … Wikipedia
watch one's step — phrasal : to proceed with extreme care : act or talk warily the columnist dealing largely with news always has to watch his step if he is to avoid distortion F.L.Mott * * * watch one s step To go carefully, esp with a view to not giving offence… … Useful english dictionary
