Consider the following sentence:
"They returned to the store as darkness fel over the jungle, and the old man arranged the watch."
What does it mean 'to arrange the watch'?
It means: organize an operation to observe someone or something. com/definition/watch
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It means: organize an operation to observe someone or something.
Take a look at entry #2 for "watch" as a noun in the following link:
https://www.lexico.com/definition/watch