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STAND SENTINEL
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Watch over so as to protect
Example:
The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen
Synonyms:
keep guard; stand guard; stand sentinel; stand watch
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "stand sentinel" is one way to...):
guard (to keep watch over)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
