guard duty

American  

noun

1. a military assignment involving watching over or protecting a person or place or supervising prisoners.

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Etymology

Origin of guard duty

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

He has his morning cup of coffee out there while Daisy sniffs around, works her guard duty shifts, and takes in the million-dollar view, which stretches all the way to Santa Catalina Island.

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Musselman encouraged as much out of Rice who was initially expected to share lead guard duties this season after playing off-the-ball at Maryland.

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“It’s been an offseason project while still doing his guard duties. He’s probably our most athletic lineman, maybe our smartest. ... I don’t know if anybody wants it more than him. That’s how driven he is.”

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But with Rice in the fold handling more of the point guard duties, it wasn’t entirely clear as of Tuesday afternoon whether Claude will remain in L.A.

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He left the military after President Biden was elected, saying he’d been ordered to stand down from guard duty at the inauguration after top brass dubbed him an extremist and “white nationalist.”

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