Guard and Stand

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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Stand and guard are semantically related in armour topic. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a noun "Guard".

Stand noun - A level usually raised surface.

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Guard and stand are semantically related in armour topic. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Stand".

Nearby Words: standing, stance, standee

human	human guard	human stand
good	good guard	good stand
full	full guard	full stand
normal	normal guard	normal stand
Other adjectives: original, fake, simple, small, actual, entire, real, big, huge, main, new, former, final, last, local, nearby, giant.

You can kill a guard and stand next to his body when someone comes to investigate but as long as you don't have your gun out they won't be the least suspicious.

Source: Conspicuously Selective Perception
This effectively means that the player can stand next to a patrolling guard and not be seen, providing he always stands on the guard's left side.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Action Games
He casually utters the key words "Afghanistan banana stand" to the guard - there's some tension as the guard doesn't act hypnotized, but he does follow instructions and hands over the diamond.

Source: Open Sesame

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