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Verb: stand watch
  1. Watch over so as to protect
    "The jewels over which they stood watch were stolen"
    - stand guard, keep guard, stand sentinel

Derived forms: stands watch, standing watch, stood watch

Type of: guard

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stand firm
stand for
stand guard
stand in
stand oil
stand out
stand pat
stand sentinel
stand still
stand up
stand watch
stand-alone
standard
Standard and Poor's
Standard and Poor's Index
Standard Assessment Task
standard atmosphere
standard candle
standard cell
standard deviation
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