Usually means: Ceremonial replacement of military guards.
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  1. the changing of the guard: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. changing of the guard: Wiktionary
  3. Changing of the Guard (T. S. Monk album), Changing of the Guard (disambiguation), Changing of the Guard (song), Changing of the Guard, Changing of the guard (Sweden), Changing of the guard, The Changing of the Guard (album), The Changing of the Guard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Changing of the Guard: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. changing of the guard: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Changing of the Guard: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (changing of the guard)

noun:  (usually preceded by the) A ceremony during which the soldiers or other officials guarding a major government building or state residence, especially Buckingham Palace in England, are replaced by a new shift.
noun:  (figuratively, by extension) Any situation in which an individual or group charged with a task or responsibilities in an organization is replaced by another individual or group.

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