"watch it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-watch it.ogg Forms: watches it [present, singular, third-person], watching it [participle, present], watched it [participle, past], watched it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} watch it (third-person singular simple present watches it, present participle watching it, simple past and past participle watched it)
  1. (idiomatic) To be careful or cautious; to pay attention to what one is doing (usually imperative). Tags: idiomatic Translations (to pay attention to what one is doing): suave [Latin-America, interjection] (Spanish), bestia [Peru, interjection] (Spanish)
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