watch over

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.

Example Sentences

The pink rabbit still stands, but it stands watch over an empty playground.

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The pink rabbit still stands, but it stands watch over an empty playground.

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Being approved for disability has meant his copays are covered, he can finally afford groceries and he has time to help watch over his grandkids.

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On Thursday, piles of dirt, concrete shards and other debris surrounded the property, with a bulldozer watching over.

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In a cobbler's workshop in Los Angeles, the footprints of Hollywood history are stacked floor to ceiling, watched over by a man who says his profession is dying.

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