watch over sb
— phrasal verb with watch uk/wɒtʃ/us/wɑːtʃ/verb
to protect someone and make certain that they are safe:
The prince has two bodyguards watching over him every hour of the day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mollycoddle
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- rustproof
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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