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To "watch out" means to be careful in what you're doing or what's coming in front. ... Or you might have seen the phrase "WATCH OUT YOUR STEPS" on ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. watchout-lookout Threadstarter HunJohn Startdate Nov8,2010 H HunJohn Member Budapest Hungarian Hieveryone! Couldyoupleasetellmeifthereisadifferencebetweenthephrasalverbs"lookout"and"watchout"? Thxinadvance!   Nucleara SeniorMember Outofthisworld Thai HelloHunjohn To"watchout"meanstobecarefulinwhatyou'redoingorwhat'scominginfront. "La..La..la" "Hey!watchout!thecariscoming" ....... Oryoumighthaveseenthephrase"WATCHOUTYOURSTEPS"onthestairs. To"lookout'meanssomethinglike,lookingoutofthewindow...toseethebeautifulmeadowoutside. HopeIcanhelpyou   grubble SeniorMember SouthofEngland,UK BritishEnglish InBritishEnglish,eachofthesecanbeshoutedasawarning. "Lookout,thereisacarcoming!" "Watchout!Don'twavethatkitchenknifearound,youmayhurtsomeone." Asyoucansee,thefirstisawarningtoapossiblevictimofanactionoreventwhereasthesecondisawarningtotheperpetratorofacarelessact,askingthemtobecareful. Ihavetoaddthatthisisnotastrictruleandintheheatofthemomentsomeonemightshouteitheroftheminterchangeably.   R Rover_KE SeniorMember NorthwestEngland-nearBlackburn,Lancashire BritishEnglish Oryoumighthaveseenthephrase"WATCHOUTYOURSTEPS"onthestairs. Clicktoexpand... Ifyou'veseenthat,itwasdefinitelynotwrittenbyanativespeaker. WATCHYOURSTEPwouldbemorelikely. Rover   Nucleara SeniorMember Outofthisworld Thai Rover_KEsaid: Ifyou'veseenthat,itwasdefinitelynotwrittenbyanativespeaker. WATCHYOURSTEPwouldbemorelikely. Rover Clicktoexpand... Isthatso?Sorry,Imust'veremembereditwrongly.Thankyou   H HunJohn Member Budapest Hungarian Thankyouforallyouranswers!Youreallyhavehelpedmetosolvethemystery!ButI'dhaveonemorequestion.Arethephrasalverbs"watchotfor"and"lookoutfor"interchangeabeaswell?   Nucleara SeniorMember Outofthisworld Thai grubblesaid: InBritishEnglish,eachofthesecanbeshoutedasawarning. "Lookout,thereisacarcoming!" "Watchout!Don'twavethatkitchenknifearound,youmayhurtsomeone." Asyoucansee,thefirstisawarningtoapossiblevictimofanactionoreventwhereasthesecondisawarningtotheperpetratorofacarelessact,askingthemtobecareful. Ihavetoaddthatthisisnotastrictruleandintheheatofthemomentsomeonemightshouteitheroftheminterchangeably. Clicktoexpand... Hey,butI'veheardanativeEnglishsaid(notsureifBritishorAmerican)whensittinginalittleboatatthefloatingmarketinmycountry--someone'shandwasdippinginthewaterandanotherboatwascomingverynear,thenativesaid"Watchout!" InthiscaseIthinkthevictimisthemanwhosehandwasinthewater,hewasnotaperpetrator.Whatdoyouthink?   Nucleara SeniorMember Outofthisworld Thai Oh,anotherone--I'velookedupinmydictionary.Thesynonymof"tolookout"is"towatchout","tolookoutfor"="towatchoutfor"aswell.[Oxfordadvancedlearner'sdictionary] Nucleara.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top