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• keep watch — {v. phr.} To be vigilant; be alert; guard. * /The police have asked the neighborhood to keep watch against an escaped convict./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keep watch — {v. phr.} To be vigilant; be alert; guard. * /The police have asked the neighborhood to keep watch against an escaped convict./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keep\ watch — v. phr. To be vigilant; be alert; guard. The police have asked the neighborhood to keep watch against an escaped convict …   Словарь американских идиом

• keep watch — verb To guard; to watch over someone or something. In the afternoon the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were no trees to offer them shade; so that before night Dorothy and Toto and the Lion were tired, and lay down upon the grass and fell …   Wiktionary

• watch — v 1. look, observe, view, regard, see; look at, take in, gaze at, look on, Inf. spectate, eye, ogle, gape, stare at; notice, perceive, espy, detect, descry, sight; contemplate, behold, inspect, make note of, take stock of, scrutinize; survey,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• guard — 1. verb 1) infantry guarded the barricaded bridge Syn: protect, stand guard over, watch over, keep an eye on; cover, patrol, police, defend, shield, safeguard, keep safe, secure 2) the prisoners were guarded by armed men Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• watch — I. n. 1. Vigil, watching, wakefulness, watchfulness, outlook. 2. Inspection, observation, attention. 3. Guard, sentry, watchman. 4. Pocket timepiece. II. v. n. 1. Wake, be awake, keep awake, not be asleep, keep vigil. 2 …   New dictionary of synonyms

• keep a weather eye open — be on guard, stand guard, keep watch …   English contemporary dictionary

• keep one's eyes peeled — be on guard, stand guard, keep watch …   English contemporary dictionary

• keep vigil — be on guard, stand guard, keep watch …   English contemporary dictionary

• Watch — (w[o^]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[ae]cce, fr. wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache. [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English