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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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.
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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
Hawley also said he was told that Homeland Security agents were pulled off of child exploitation cases to stand guard at Trump’s rally.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Sep. 2024
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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
Hawley also said he was told that Homeland Security agents were pulled off of child exploitation cases to stand guard at Trump’s rally.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 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 18 Nov. 2024.
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