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Stand watch

verb

Watch over so as to protect. Synonyms: keep guard, stand guard, stand sentinel. "The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen"

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"Stand watch" Quotes from Famous Books

... Dawn had been anywhere near us, I would have raised her topmasts above the bank. I didn't, so she is neither outside nor inside. They have either been here or gone, or they never arrived. In either case, I am thankful for Carew's absence. Shall we stand watch and watch tonight, captain?" ...

— Fire Mountain - A Thrilling Sea Story • Norman Springer

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... over your care," quoth Hagen, the knight. "I'll stand watch myself to-night. I trow to guard us well, until the day doth come. Therefore have no fear; after that, let him survive ...

— The Nibelungenlied • Unknown

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... better be done in another way. Go thou for the physic, for thou canst more readily place hands upon it than I, and at the same time apparel thyself in garments thicker and more suited to the chill of the night than those thou wearest. I will stand watch until thy return, and pledge thee my word that none shall pass, or be the wiser for ...

— The Flamingo Feather • Kirk Munroe

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... Indian attack was seldom made at night. The time generally selected was in the morning, when the party were preparing to start on their day's march. Tom, as a boy, would have been excused taking his turn; but this did not suit him. He requested as a favor, that he might stand watch with ...

— The Young Adventurer - or Tom's Trip Across the Plains • Horatio Alger

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Words linked to "Stand watch" : guard, stand guard