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On the qui vive   /ɑn ðə kwi viv/   Listen
On the qui vive

noun
1.
Lively attentiveness.  Synonyms: alertness, sharp-sightedness.





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"On the qui vive" Quotes from Famous Books



... a stray silver-grey petrel appeared, every one was on the qui vive for the coming of the penguins. In 1912 they had arrived on October 12, and as there was much floating ice on the northern horizon, we wondered if their migration ...
— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson


Words linked to "On the qui vive" :   alertness, sharp-sightedness, attentiveness


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