watch over

Idioms  

1. Guard for protection or safekeeping, as in There were only two aides watching over that large group of children. This idiom was first recorded in 1526.

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Example Sentences

There were no agents or public relations specialists watching over them.

From Los Angeles Times

Since immigration authorities began raiding fields and neighborhoods, he said, the family doesn’t go out as much as before, and they’re always watching over their shoulders when they’re on the streets.

From Los Angeles Times

“He was watching over me,” Wright, who played for Beam at Laney in 2018, said after the Bears’ 19-17 victory on Sunday .

From Los Angeles Times

County incarcerates about 13,000 people — including roughly 1,500 women — throughout its network of jails watched over by sheriff’s deputies.

From Los Angeles Times

I still feel like she’s there watching over me.”

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