on the watch
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.33 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Alternative form of on watch.
Example Sentences
- ""Come into that little brush-shop and sit down, father—they'll let you sit down," said Eppie, always on the watch lest one of her father's strange attacks should come on."
- "Even when he eats and sleeps there is always one on the watch near him who has strength and weapons."
- "His children, married and single, were ever on the watch for what they could get out of him."
- "The department also notified its Bureau of Forestry and Electricity to be on the watch for ice on trees and power lines."