watch one's step

Exercise caution, as in You'd better watch your step talking to them about a merger. Often put as an admonition, this phrase transfers taking care in walking to other kinds of caution. [First half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eliot	EL-ee-ət	English
Joceline	zho-sə-LEEN	French
SynnÖVe	-	Swedish
RÚNi	-	Ancient Scandinavian
TerÉZ	-	Hungarian
Lionel	['laiənl]