"watch like a hawk" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-watch like a hawk.ogg [Australia] Forms: watches like a hawk [present, singular, third-person], watching like a hawk [participle, present], watched like a hawk [participle, past], watched like a hawk [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} watch like a hawk (third-person singular simple present watches like a hawk, present participle watching like a hawk, simple past and past participle watched like a hawk)
  1. (transitive, simile) To observe (someone or something) closely and keenly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-watch_like_a_hawk-en-verb-pBdLDR0k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English similes, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Inflected forms

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