Close watch
Following and close watch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Following" instead a noun phrase "Close watch".
Following
Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.
Close watch and following are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close watch" instead a noun "Following".
Both terms in one sentence
- Following a period of hiding, he was accepted back into his village where he continued to work as a trader, though under close watch.
Source: Welcome Back, Traitor
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Following and Close watch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close_watch/following
Close watch & Following. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close_watch/following>.
Following or Close watch. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close_watch/following.
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