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Definition of watch over phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

watch over

phrasal verb

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watch over somebody/something

(formal) to take care of somebody/something; to guard and protect somebody/something
- Maria asked Amelia to watch over her daughter.
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See watch over in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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