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watch
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watch noun advertency, alertness, attention, charge, concern, custody, guard, heed, inspection, lookout, observation, oversight, precaution, regard, safekeeping, sentinel, sentry, shift, spell of work, supervision, surveillance, view, vigil, vigilance, ward, watchfulness
watch verb attend, be a spectator, be careful, be cauuious of, be closely observant, be on guard, be on the alert, be on the lookout, behold, contemplate, espy, eye, gaze at, guard, heed, inspect, keep under observation, look after, look at, mark, mind, monitor, not lose sight of, note, notice, observe, oversee, pay attention to, peer, perceive, police, preserve, regard, safeguard, scan, scrutinize, stare at, survey, take care, take care of, tend, view, witness
See also: care, charge, check, concern, custody, examine, harbor, heed, monitor, note, notice, observation, observe, oversee, patrol, peruse, police, precaution, preserve, regard, safekeeping, scrutinize, spy, superintend, supervision, surveillance, survey, ward, witness

WATCH, police. To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. (q.v.) Vide 1 Bl. Com. 356; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 14, 20.



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We should set our watches back four years, five if we're talking music, strip malls or exterior house colors.
It's that time of the year to set clocks and watches back one hour to signal the end of Daylight Saving Time -- and at Hilton Garden Inn(R) (HGI) hotels, every clock in every guestroom will automatically adjust itself one hour back to Standard Time(a) -- so guests and hotel staff don't have to.
In anticipation of setting clocks and watches back one hour which signals the end of Daylight Savings Time and the start of shorter days, Hilton Garden Inn(R) today announced the Take Back the Hour At HGI(TM) special promotion that extends a late check-out time of 2:00 p.
 
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