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on someone's watch
phrase
at a time when someone is in charge of a particular situation and responsible for what happens:
happen on someone's watchThis happened on my watch. And I intend to resolve it.
The President exaggerated the number of jobs that were created on his watch.
You need to make sure that nobody gets hurt on your watch.
A lot of difficult problems occurred on Sarah's watch.
People at the top often seemed to be excused from responsibility for things that happened on their watch.
See also
watchnoun(LOOKING)
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