kept watch
Maintained careful surveillance
Kept watch is the past tense of keep watch, meaning to stay alert and monitor a situation, especially for danger or change.
A guard kept watch over the prisoners.
Someone kept watch while the others slept.
She kept watch by the window, waiting for headlights to appear in the driveway.
- policedEnforced rules over
- guardedWary and restrained
- guard dutySentry's assigned shift
- shadowingFollowing to observe
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
standing guard · alertness · attentiveness · sentry duty · security detail · readiness · safeguarding · observing · monitoring · eagle eye · on the lookout · sentinel · vigil · defending · stakeout · tracking · scanning · preserving
kept watchfell asleep
Entered unconscious rest
nodded off · dozed off · zoned out · looked away · turned a blind eye
kept watchintervened
Came between disputants
took action · jumped in · got involved · participated · acted
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