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point duty
noun
- the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- the position at the head of a military patrol, regarded as being the most dangerous
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Do you mean she's on speaking terms with the policeman on point duty at Piccadilly Circus?
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It was an easy matter to find the constable who had been on point duty at the crossing when the “accident” happened.
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Why, even the policeman who stood at point duty outside must have known all about it!
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My first impulse was to turn and step along to Oxford Circus, where I knew another constable would be on point-duty.
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He's on point duty up and down there for the last ten minutes.
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