Definition of watch (one's) back

watch (one's) back

verb

• to look out for a person's safety, or one's own safety.

                                                                                                                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Chapter 8", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 24 2011.

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back at you	Definitions include: and the same to you.
back-catalog	Definitions include: obscure.
back-catalogue	Definitions include: obscure.
back door	Definitions include: the anus.
back door man	Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side.
back-door trots, the	Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
back forty	Definitions include: a place that is far away.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
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back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
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High watch	Definitions include: -
like watching paint dry	Definitions include: extremely boring.
on (one's) watch	Definitions include: while one is in charge.
watch like a hawk	Definitions include: to monitor very closely.

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