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Definition of To be on the qui vive
To be on the qui vive Qui vive 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?'
To be on the qui vive, to be on guard; to be watchful and
alert, like a sentinel.
