watch out for (someone/something)

1. to feel responsibility for someone or something.

Carol's father made me promise I'd watch out for her and make sure she had whatever she needed.

2. to be aware of someone or something.

I used to tell everyone, “Watch out for this girl. She's going to be a great tennis player one day.”

3. to be careful in order to avoid a problem.

You've got to watch out for viruses when downloading files to your computer.

Watch out for that dog — he's not very friendly.

• make a beeline for something
• make a big thing of
• make a big thing of something
• make a big thing out of
• make a big thing out of something
• make a case for
• make a case for doing something
• make a case for something
• make a clean breast of it
• make a [day/night/weekend etc.] of it
• make a day of it
• make a dent in
• make a dent in something
• make a difference
• make a face
• make a face at
• make a face at someone
• make a face at something
• make a fast buck
• make a federal case of
• make a federal case of something
• make a federal case out of
• make a federal case out of something
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself