keep guard

keep guard
verb
watch over so as to protect (Freq. 1)
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We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves

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The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen

• Hypernyms: ↑guard
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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stand/keep/guard mount a guard phrase
to watch a person or place carefully in order to protect them from attack, or to prevent someone from escaping

Small groups of men kept guard in the fields.

stand/keep/guard over:

Armed soldiers stood guard over him.

Thesaurus: to protect or defend someone or somethingsynonym
Main entry: guard

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keep (or stand) guard
act as a guard

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • keep guard — index patrol, police Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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

  • keep guard (over somebody) — mount/stand/keep ˈguard (over sb/sth) idiom to watch or protect sb/sth • Four soldiers stood guard over the coffin. Main entry: ↑guardidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep guard (over something) — mount/stand/keep ˈguard (over sb/sth) idiom to watch or protect sb/sth • Four soldiers stood guard over the coffin. Main entry: ↑guardidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Guard — Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guard boat — Guard Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guard cells — Guard Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guard chamber — Guard Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guard detail — Guard Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guard duty — Guard Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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