Meaning of keep one's head on a swivel | Babel Free

Definitions

To be on the alert, to be watchful.

idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“You all kept your head on a swivel and that's what you gotta do when you find yourself in a vicious cock fight.”

“Head on a swivel, opposition like a block away”

“"Reentering is about keeping your head on a swivel. Ya gotta keep your head on a swivel, I'm telling ya, because you don't know what's coming, where it's coming from."”

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