"Watch your ___!" ("Attitude check!") (4)

I believe the answer is:

tone

(Other definitions for tone that I've seen before include "feel" , "Note; note (anag.)" , "Mood" , "Bodily firmness" , "Quality of a person's voice" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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