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qui vive

noun \kē-ˈvēv\

Definition of QUI VIVE

:  alert, lookout —used in the phrase on the qui vive
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Origin of QUI VIVE

French qui-vive, from qui vive? long live who?, challenge of a French sentry
First Known Use: 1726

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Synonyms
alert, alertness, attentiveness, vigilance, red alert, watch, watchfulness

Rhymes with QUI VIVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave

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