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watch like a hawk
Idioms and Phrases
Observe very closely, as in I was watching him like a hawk, but I never did see him take your wallet . This simile alludes to the hawk's exceptionally keen sight.Example Sentences
“John Kelly, how could you talk like this? You were supposed to be the one we didn’t have to watch like a hawk. You were supposed to be the hawk. What happened to July John Kelly?â€
They would sit and have tea, and I’d watch like a hawk.
However, I am confident that the result will be determined in scores rather than hundreds of seats and that those are the ones to watch like a hawk.
“I always watch like a hawk when they’re in my yard,†he said of technicians.
In 1,500 Chicago precincts, you've got to watch like a hawk, since only in a few are there any real Republican judges.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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