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kept watch

kept watch is the simple past and past participle of keep watch.

Meaning of keep watch

Verb

keep watch (third-person singular simple present keeps watch, present participle keeping watch, simple past and past participle kept watch)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To guard; to watch over someone or something.
    • In the afternoon the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were no trees to offer them shade; so that before night Dorothy and Toto and the Lion were tired, and lay down upon the grass and fell asleep, with the Woodman and the Scarecrow keeping watch.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    stand guard

Questions about kept watch

What is kept watch the simple past and past participle of?
Kept watch is the simple past and past participle of keep watch.

Words near kept watch in the dictionary

  1. kept up appearances
  2. kept up with
  3. kept up with the Joneses
  4. kept up with the times
  5. kept vigil
  6. kept watch
  7. kept wicket
  8. kept woman
  9. kept women
  10. keptest
  11. keptst

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