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interjection

Qui vive interj. The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; used like the English challenge: "Who comes there?"

To be on the qui vive, to be on guard; to be watchful and alert, like a sentinel.

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Etymology of 'Qui vive'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Qui vive" Quotes from Famous Books

... had been received in the morning, which kept Valetta and Fergus on the qui vive all day. Valetta was an unspeakable worry to the patient Miss Vincent, and Fergus ...

— Beechcroft at Rockstone • Charlotte M. Yonge

Words linked to "Qui vive" : on the qui vive, alert, readiness, preparation