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Watch and ward

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    Uninterrupted vigilance. broadly, uncountable

    "The narrow seas around these isles, where British admirals keep watch and ward upon the marches of the Atlantic Ocean, are subject to the turbulent sway of the West Wind."

Verb
  1. 1
    To keep constant watch over

    "we might have been carried in swift safety, and watched and warded by well-paid pointsmen, for half the present fares"

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