Leave
Watching over
Leave is an antonym for watching over in topics: control, tend, protect, guide physically, accompany for supervision.
Both terms in one sentence
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Foreshadowing: Nadia tells Marie that she doesn't have to say goodbye to her dead parents when they leave the Cape Verde islands, as they are actually watching over her from heaven.
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Also, when she hovers, her lower body begins to resemble something else... Video Game Caring Potential: If he is made non-hostile, Retired Hunter Djura tells the player that he has been watching over the beasts in the burnt-out district of Old Yharnam, and asks the player to leave them be.
Source: Video Game / Bloodborne - On the other hand we have the mysterious Woman in Black who appears in several chapters wearing a wedding or funeral veil, watching over Eric, and in the end kissing him when he accepts it's time to leave.
Source: Comicbook / The Crow
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