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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PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant stand guard behind the blue carpeted platform where Trump will stand.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Burrowing owls like to stand watch outside their homes.
—Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Today a handful of rebel fighters from the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia stand guard at the embassy, where the bulletproof glass has been tested by rifle rounds.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant stand guard behind the blue carpeted platform where Trump will stand.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Burrowing owls like to stand watch outside their homes.
—Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Today a handful of rebel fighters from the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia stand guard at the embassy, where the bulletproof glass has been tested by rifle rounds.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Stand guard/watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20guard%2Fwatch. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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