watch out
Danger lies ahead
Watch out is a warning to be alert to danger or difficulty.
It can be a sharp imperative—Watch out! —alerting someone to immediate threat, or a gentler caution about potential problems: Watch out for ice on the roads.
To watch out for someone can also mean to look after them: My older brother always watched out for me.
- bewareExercise vigilant caution
- heads upAdvance warning notice
- stay alertMaintain active awareness
- heedGive careful attention
- alertWarning or watchfulness
caution · careful · alarm · look · incoming · dodge · vigilant · warning · red flag · duck · mindful · anticipate · danger · attentive · observant · step back · threat · hazard
- safety phrasessafe, warning, danger, caution, careful
- Alarm Expressionshelp, mayday, SOS, oh no, eek
- Attention phrasespay attention, heads up, keep an eye on, all ears, stay alert
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, beware
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- caution expressionscaution, warning, beware, be careful, heads up
safety signaling
watch outall clear
Signal danger has passed
coast is clear · you're safe · stand down · at ease · no worries
watch, out, watching, watched, lookout, watchful, look out, watches, lookouts