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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: stood watch, standing watch, stands watch

Type of: guard

Encyclopedia: Stand watch

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