keep watch
idiom
: to watch to make sure that no one is coming
She kept watch outside while the others robbed the bank.
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His wife and artistic counterpart, Elaine de Kooning, kept a studio across the narrow harbor in the North West Woods; and Lucy’s mother, Lisa de Kooning, sculpted bronze-cast animals—elephants, cows, rams—many of which still keep watch over the house.
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Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
Paradise is set in a seemingly idyllic community where a Secret Service agent (Sterling K. Brown) is posted to keep watch over a former president of the United States (James Marsden).
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
The pills were given to Air Force pilots flying long missions and to Navy sailors who had to keep watch all night.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Trump’s planned Golden Dome missile defense shield, which could require hundreds of sensors and other satellites to keep watch for incoming ballistic missiles, would be a natural fit for SpaceX and its Starlink unit.
—Nandita Bose, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
Paradise is set in a seemingly idyllic community where a Secret Service agent (Sterling K. Brown) is posted to keep watch over a former president of the United States (James Marsden).
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
The pills were given to Air Force pilots flying long missions and to Navy sailors who had to keep watch all night.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Trump’s planned Golden Dome missile defense shield, which could require hundreds of sensors and other satellites to keep watch for incoming ballistic missiles, would be a natural fit for SpaceX and its Starlink unit.
—Nandita Bose, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Keep watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20watch. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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