watch over

verb

watched over; watching over; watches over
Synonyms of watch overnext

transitive verb

: to have charge of : superintend

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Michael laughs, and in that same moment, the teenage girl Gina hired to watch over her young son Jamie, walks out the door. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2026 Kylie grieves over her comatose boyfriend, setting her on a journey to the English countryside in order to end the curse, and Antonia watches over Kylie’s beau in the hospital. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 Build a process that can scale faster than your ability to personally watch over it, because that ability runs out long before the growth does. — Nital Shah, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 As a safety officer for Missouri Task Force 1, Wehrli watched over firefighters who scoured the pile for survivors and found none. — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watch over

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“Watch over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watch%20over. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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