WATCHED OUT (FOR) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

watched out (for)

verb

past tense of watch out (for)

as in looked out (for)

to be cautious of or on guard against watch out for hazards in the road

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Earlier this week, a bystander at a local bar noticed his Meta Glasses.

— MacKenzie Sigalos,Annie Palmer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
The exact story of how coffee was discovered isn’t known for sure, but one popular legend says an Ethiopian goatherd named Kaldi noticed that when his goats ate from a red berry plant, they were infused with energy and stayed awake all night.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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Degroote says Fox acquired the format after executives watched the French adaptation, which significantly expanded the scale of the original Norwegian concept.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
According to Phillips, there were around 6 billion hours of unscripted watched across the BBC last year, while 70% of the corporation’s content mix is now unscripted.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

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