stand guard/watch
idiom
: to stand in a position and guard or watch someone or something in order to look for possible danger, threats, etc.
A soldier stood guard by the door.
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The group can pool resources to stand watch for predators and guard food reserves.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
At the direction of the Trump campaign, the R.N.C. has all but abandoned any get-out-the-vote efforts and has instead shifted its money and resources into mobilizing a hundred thousand volunteers to stand watch anywhere votes are cast or counted.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
State troopers now stand guard outside schools and government buildings.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Sudanese military personnel stand guard in the basement of a building that had been used as an arms depot by Rapid Support Forces fighters in Omdurman, Sudan, on April 25, 2024.
—Kholood Khair, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
At the direction of the Trump campaign, the R.N.C. has all but abandoned any get-out-the-vote efforts and has instead shifted its money and resources into mobilizing a hundred thousand volunteers to stand watch anywhere votes are cast or counted.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
State troopers now stand guard outside schools and government buildings.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Sudanese military personnel stand guard in the basement of a building that had been used as an arms depot by Rapid Support Forces fighters in Omdurman, Sudan, on April 25, 2024.
—Kholood Khair, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Stand guard/watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20guard%2Fwatch. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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