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watch and ward

the act of watching as a sentinel: now chiefly in the titles of societies self-appointed as guardians of a community's morals

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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