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stand guard
stand guard
Watch over, act as a lookout, as in We'll climb the tree and get the apples if Josh will stand guard, or There's a parking space; stand guard while I make a U-turn and get to it. This term alludes to the military defense of posting guards to watch for the enemy.
stand guard
1. To keep watch.
2. To act as a sentinel.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Kapila | | - | Hinduism |
| Rica | | - | English (Rare) |
| Dipika | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
| NatĀLija | | - | Latvian |
| Klavdiya | | KLAHV-dee-yah (Russian) | Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian |
| Madge | | [mædʒ] | |