tour of duty

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noun

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RELATED WORDS

enlistment, stint, hitch, shift, spell, tour, watch

Nearby words

tour, tour d'horizon, tour de force, tour en l'air, tour jeté, tour of duty, tour operator, tour-de-france, touraco, touraine, tourane

Origin of tour of duty

First recorded in 1865–70

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