KEEP GUARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keep guard mean? 

• KEEP GUARD (verb)
  The verb KEEP GUARD has 1 sense:

1. watch over so as to protect

  Familiarity information: KEEP GUARD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEEP GUARD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Watch over so as to protect

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

keep guard; stand guard; stand sentinel; stand watch

Context example:

The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen

Hypernyms (to "keep guard" is one way to...):

guard (to keep watch over)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

She was to have my bed, and I was to lie in the sitting-room, to keep guard over her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)