Collocations for "watch"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "watch" in context.
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watch
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- watch [TV, television, the show, a movie, videos, the game]
- [enjoy, like] watching the [show]
- watched [all, part, most] of the [show]
- watch it [later, live, online, on streaming]
- watch it again
- watched by [millions]
- watch with [interest, curiosity]
- watch in [horror, awe, fascination, silence, amazement, disbelief] as
- watch from [home, your patio]
- watch and [listen, learn]
- watch from [afar, above, behind]
- [thought, felt] she was being watched
- watch the stock market
- watch his [eyes, movements]
- watch the [kids, children, dog, house] for me
- watch over the [house, kids]
- watch your [step, back]
- watch out for [potholes, ice, errors]
- watch for signs [of, that]
- watch where you [step, tread]
- watch where you're [going, walking]
- watch your language!
- watch this!
- watch him [go]
- watch as she [goes, leaves, speaks, performs]
- a [pocket, wrist, marine] watch
- a [gold, silver, men's, women's, cheap, rare] watch
- an [expensive, affordable] watch
- [give, buy] a watch as a [gift, present]
- got a watch for [my birthday, graduation, passing my exams]
- my watch is [slow, fast]
- my watch is [five] minutes [slow]
- this watch [has stopped, isn't] working
- [calibrate, set, wind up] a watch
- synchronize (our) watches
- the [hands, strap, face] of a watch
- a [tornado, flood, weather] watch
- the [night, dawn, last] watch
- will take the first watch
- a [four] -hour watch
- keep a watch on my [bag, case, belongings]
- keep a close watch on [development, crime, progress]
- keep a close watch on the [patient's, children, students]
- keep watch for [prowlers, intruders, gatecrashers]
- [set up, create, join] a neighborhood watch
- not on my watch!
- watch [strap, hands, face, mechanism]
'watch' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
SOB
- Swiss
- TV
- Thanksgiving
- abroad
- alert
- amazing
- arrow
- attraction
- awe
- awesome
- balcony
- battery
- bear
- beautiful
- better
- bicycle
- billion
- bird
- bondage
- bonus
- boring
- breathtaking
- bull
- bust
- cable
- cartoon
- casting
- chance
- cheap
- chick
- chore
- cinema
- clip
- closely
- coated
- comedy
- compelling
- competition
- conductor
- copper
- counterfeit
- creepy
- cricket
- crowd
- crystal
- cycling
- dawn
- dazzling
- deaf