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Tour of duty   /tʊr əv dˈuti/   Listen
Tour of duty

noun
1.
A period of time spent in military service.  Synonyms: duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour.






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"Tour of duty" Quotes from Famous Books



... first-rate American naval officer of only twenty-eight, was at Presqu'isle (now Erie) completing his flotilla. He had his troubles, of course, especially with the militia garrison, who would not do their proper tour of duty. 'I tell the boys to go, but the boys won't go,' was the only report forthcoming from one of several worthless colonels. A still greater trouble for Perry was getting his vessels over the bar. This had to be done without any ...
— The War With the United States - A Chronicle of 1812 - Volume 14 (of 32) in the series Chronicles of Canada • William Wood



Words linked to "Tour of duty" :   tour, enlistment, hitch, duty tour, time period, term of enlistment, period, period of time



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