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Definition of watch for phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

watch for

phrasal verb

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watch for somebody/something

to look and wait for somebody/something to appear or for something to happen
- The cat was on the wall, watching for birds.
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Phrasal verbs

watch out for somebody/something

Idioms

be on the watch (for somebody/something)

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