Shift and Watch

Shift

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Watch and shift are semantically related in time topic. In some cases you can use "Watch" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

Watch noun - A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty.

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Shift and watch are semantically related in time topic. Sometimes you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Watch".

Nearby Words: watchful, watched, watcher, watching

full	full shift	full watch
similar	similar shift	similar watch
original	original shift	original watch
simple	simple shift	simple watch
Other adjectives: entire, real, constant, large, big, new, minor, last, different, changing.

job	shift job	watch job
episode	shift episode	watch episode
time	shift time	watch time
way	shift way	watch way
Other words: world, times, video.

They appear to spend all of ten seconds actually standing watch, and the rest of their shift finding various ways to pass the time.

Source: Webcomic / Terminal Lance
Even his POCKETWATCH is a weapon: the watch and the watch chain are made of lead, which he uses as a make-shift whip, such as when he's in a casino which does not allow guns on the floor.

Source: Film / Sartana
Her job is simple, really: it's the old police station's last shift, and she just has to keep watch until the hazmat crew comes and picks up the leftover evidence.

Source: Film / Last Shift

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