Guard
Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Keep watch and guard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep watch" instead a verb "Guard".
Keep watch
Guard and keep watch are semantically related. You can use "Guard" instead a verb phrase "Keep watch".
Both terms in one sentence
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I Have You Now, My Pretty: Sigyn gets this from Steiner, the guard Zess assigned to keep watch on her when she is captured.
Source: Manga / Break Blade -
After the Ma'alot Massacre in Israel in May 1974, a Civil Guard program was established where civilian volunteers could be trained as armed police auxiliaries to keep watch and be on-the-spot responders.
Source: Everyone Is Armed
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