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What does on the qui vive mean?

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Adverb
  1. in a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle
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And motorbikes make up the majority of road traffic, so while the Indonesian driving style seems terrifying to the uninitiated, drivers are on the qui vive for bikes.
As a consequence, they are forever on the qui vive, hoping to cheat before they are cheated.
We were all kept on the qui vive, for it was evident that they had not done with us yet.
Now they can seem to us slightly pathetic figures, forever squirming with distaste, constantly on the qui vive for signs of vulgarity blowing in on the modern breeze.
You may imagine we are all on the qui vive, and anxious, for we hear all the firing.
That was all, but it was sufficient to prove how intensely men were on the qui vive.

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