watch over

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watch over

verb watches over · watching over · watched over

  1. idiomatic To guard and protect. She stayed up all night to watch over the sick infant.

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verb to guard and protect

한국어지키다 jikida
日本語見守る mimamoru
中文守护 shǒuhù
Portuguêscuidar
Françaisveiller
Deutschbehüten, wachen
Italianovegliare, piantonare
Românăpăzi
Русскийопека́ть opekátʹ, наблюдать за nabljudatʹ za

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@misc{watch_over_2026,
  title = {watch over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/watch%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}