stand sentinel

English

Verb

stand sentinel (third-person singular simple present stands sentinel, present participle standing sentinel, simple past and past participle stood sentinel)

  1. To keep watch. (of soldiers)
  2. (figurative, by extension) To be in line like soldiers.

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