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Stand guard   /stænd gɑrd/   Listen
Stand guard

verb
1.
Watch over so as to protect.  Synonyms: keep guard, stand sentinel, stand watch.  "The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen"






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"Stand guard" Quotes from Famous Books



... rather take one's breath away. You beast, what do you mean by springing a face like that on me without warning, after all your humbugging talk last night, pretending to post me on every one I was to meet? And I say, do you always stand guard over her ...
— A Pessimist - In Theory and Practice • Robert Timsol

... last burden-bearer had departed the Countess directed Lucky Broad and Kid Bridges to stay in the hotel and stand guard over the ...
— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach

... times, and if no answer came, to fire. Yet the mysterious disappearances continued, until the men refused to accept so dangerous a post. The commander was about to draw a sentinel by lot, when Major Putnam solved the difficulty by offering to stand guard for the coming night. The puzzled commander promptly accepted his offer, instructing him, as ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... the chores and stand guard over the house at night; Mamma Bear would do the housework under the direction of Golden Hair, while the Tiny Bear would wait upon grandmother and run errands ...
— Denslow's Three Bears • W.W. Denslow

... suggested that they speak with Kai Shang. The two members of the Kincaid's company followed Momulla and his fellows to a point in the jungle close by the camp of the mutineers. Here Momulla hid them while he went in search of Kai Shang, first admonishing his Maori companions to stand guard over the two sailors lest they change their minds and attempt to escape. Schneider and Schmidt were virtually prisoners, though they ...
— The Beasts of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs


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