"veiller au grain" meaning in French

{
  "etymology_text": "Expression arises from maritime use: grain is a sudden, violent gust of wind, accompanied with or without rain; veiller au grain means to watch for, or be on guard for, unpredictable meteorological events that can endanger an ill-prepared crew or damage a frail, poorly sheltered boat.",
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to be on guard for a sudden, violent gust of wind"
      ],
      "id": "en-veiller_au_grain-fr-verb-uw726ori",
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to be on guard for a sudden, violent gust of wind"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Biographers were already hovering.",
          "ref": "1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:",
          "text": "Déjà les biographes veillaient au grain.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep an eye on things, to look out for squalls, to keep a weather eye open"
      ],
      "id": "en-veiller_au_grain-fr-verb-axh9uOcx",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep an eye on",
          "keep an eye on"
        ],
        [
          "look out",
          "look out"
        ],
        [
          "squall",
          "squall"
        ],
        [
          "keep a weather eye open",
          "keep a weather eye open"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to keep an eye on things, to look out for squalls, to keep a weather eye open"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛ.je o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.je o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛ.je.ʁ‿o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.je.ʁ‿o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
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  "word": "veiller au grain"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Expression arises from maritime use: grain is a sudden, violent gust of wind, accompanied with or without rain; veiller au grain means to watch for, or be on guard for, unpredictable meteorological events that can endanger an ill-prepared crew or damage a frail, poorly sheltered boat.",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be on guard for a sudden, violent gust of wind"
      ],
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        "(literal) to be on guard for a sudden, violent gust of wind"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "Biographers were already hovering.",
          "ref": "1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:",
          "text": "Déjà les biographes veillaient au grain.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep an eye on things, to look out for squalls, to keep a weather eye open"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep an eye on",
          "keep an eye on"
        ],
        [
          "look out",
          "look out"
        ],
        [
          "squall",
          "squall"
        ],
        [
          "keep a weather eye open",
          "keep a weather eye open"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) to keep an eye on things, to look out for squalls, to keep a weather eye open"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛ.je o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.je o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛ.je.ʁ‿o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.je.ʁ‿o ɡʁɛ̃/"
    },
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  "word": "veiller au grain"
}