guard duty

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of guard duty¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

“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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The team would also like to develop someone who can permanently take over the point guard duties in a few years.

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However, Gates told Burton that Dixon was a part of the junior reserves which was used for guard duty and it was very unlikely that he saw battle.

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