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watch over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye onverb

    follow with the eyes or the mind

    "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

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  1. watch oververb

    To guard and protect.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of watch over in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of watch over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of watch over in a Sentence

  1. Firdausi:

    Watch over thy expenditure, for he who through vain glory spendeth uselessly what he hath on empty follies, will receive neither return nor praise from anyone.

  2. Cheryl Seidner:

    The island is just one part of our journey, the other part of the journey is walking on the earth and knowing that it is all sacred and that we need to take care of it and watch over it.

  3. Gen John E. Wissler:

    You never hesitated in the joint effort to bring our brothers home, everyone united -- the soldiers hiking through hazardous terrain, the pilots flying in uncertain weather conditions and the Nepalese special forces standing watch over our Marines on a mountainside at night.

  4. Haydee Gallardo:

    I don't think the repression will stop considering that they continue to keep watch over us, i'm afraid the repression will result in him getting locked up again.

  5. Haydee Gallardo:

    I don’t think the repression will stop considering that they continue to keep watch over us, i’m afraid the repression will result in him getting locked up again.


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