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
Jemma	JEM-ə	English (British)
Meira	-	Hebrew
Muhsina	-	Arabic
Manfred	MAHN-fret (German, Polish), MAHN-frət (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Polish
Vesta	VES-tə (English)	Roman Mythology
Fionnghall	-	Scottish