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Meanings of stand guard in English

Portuguese
estar de sentinela
Spanish
vigilar

Watch over so as to protect.

        estar de sentinela
        Usage of stand guard in English
        1
        Police stand guard during May Day celebrations in Athens, Greece, May 2010.
        Reuters
        2
        Sleep now, Will, and I shall stand guard, I shan't fail you.
        The amber spyglass
        3
        Make them think I am leaving some men to stand guard, yes?
        The great hunt
        4
        It often ends with her asking a random passer-by to stand guard.
        Independent.ie
        5
        At night ten Campas came along to our camp to stand guard.
        Conquest of the Useless
        6
        A police officer has been deployed to stand guard outside Leafa's ward.
        Radio NZ
        7
        One of the party was to stand guard while the others slept.
        The Great Salt Lake Trail
        8
        You stand guard until I take the Bear Cat and bring help.
        Her Father's Daughter
        9
        Emmanuel signaled to Shabalala to stand guard while he checked the cave.
        A beautiful place to die
        10
        Such men should stand guard against the influences that work toward conflict.
        The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
        11
        None of the wooers shall assail thee, for I will stand guard.
        Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
        12
        Doubtless, he would depend on me to stand guard during the night.
        Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders
        13
        Robin sent the three boys out to stand guard around the camp.
        Swan Song
        14
        Two had better stand guard at a time, and for several hours.
        At Whispering Pine Lodge
        15
        My mother slept in the living room to stand guard, she said.
        The other wes moore: one name, two fates
        16
        We'll hire Eradicate Sampson to stand guard with a bucket of whitewash.
        Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout; Or, The Speediest Car on th...
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