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qui vive

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Noun Phrase

CIDE DICTIONARY

qui vive,  [F., fr. qui who + vive, pres. subj. of vivre to live.].
     The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: “Who comes there?”  [1913 Webster]
To be on the qui vive, to be on guard; to be watchful and alert, like a sentinel.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

qui vive, n.

Idiom
on the qui vive on the alert; watching for something to happen.
Etymology
F, = lit. '(long) live who?', i.e. on whose side are you?, as a sentry's challenge

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