Meaning of watch over in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    watch over

    Definitions

    1. follow with the eyes or the mind

    Examples

    • « Keep an eye on the baby, please! »
    • « The world is watching Sarajevo »
    • « She followed the men with the binoculars »

    Derived terms

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  • « President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history. »
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  • « My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave. »
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  • « Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. »
    A. E. Housman

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