"time watch" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: time watches [present, singular, third-person], time watching [participle, present], time watched [participle, past], time watched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} time watch (third-person singular simple present time watches, present participle time watching, simple past and past participle time watched)
  1. (intransitive) To frequently check the current time. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-time_watch-en-verb-7xypbhl~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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