on the watch
Alternative form of on watch.
Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Samuel Johnson
We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling. John S. Pistole
I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday. Louisa May Alcott
I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for. Douglas Adams
When the child cuts its teeth, death is on the watch. Spanish Proverb
The fox that tarries long is on the watch for prey. Spanish Proverb