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Someone who travels to a destination in order to arrange accommodation, meetings, security, etc. for one or more celebrities, politicians, business leaders, or other public figures who will arrive subsequently.
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(military) A state of readiness for potential combat.
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(slang) The retreat of allied forces from Benghazi in North Africa in March 1941 during World War II ahead of German forces commanded by Erwin Rommel.
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(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
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(obsolete) To exchange or barter.
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A show of military force.
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(countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
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A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
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(military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.
adj
Going from house to house, when selling, delivering or asking for something.
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(military) The set of subordinate units lower in the chain of command from a specified unit.
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(transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
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(sports) Drafting a new rookie player to join a professional team.
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(transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.
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An effort by public safety personnel and citizens to mitigate the impact of an incident on human life and property.
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(transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
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To store up; to build up a store of an emotion or passion; to recall or make a note of a certain trait or quality.
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A group of people or things.
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(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
v
(idiomatic) To become available for purchase at retail locations.
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A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
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The role of entrusting or holding the key to a building or other asset for security purposes.
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Someone or something that saves lives.
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(military, historical) The military exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms.
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To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
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(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
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The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for a action.
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(intransitive, of troops) To get ready for war.
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A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
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The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
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(intransitive) To join the armed forces; to enlist.
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An official list of the officers and men in a military (or naval) unit
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A person who musters (rounds up) livestock.
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Obsolete form of muster. [An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.]
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The practice of using mystery shoppers to evaluate a business.
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(Australia, South Africa) Someone who sells replacement parts for motor vehicles; a spare parts salesperson.
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(transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
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(military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
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To place something somewhere.
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To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
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(military) That part of an army that is not needed to directly combat the enemy.
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(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.
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(military) An offensive action by a rearguard.
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An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
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Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
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(military) The return of the soldiers fit for duty.
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The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
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(restaurants, events) To reserve a place
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(figuratively, by extension) Anything, such as a governmental program, that provides security against extreme disadvantage or misfortune.
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An open demonstration of power by display of a great numbers of people and/or resources.
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Alternative form of stop-and-search [A police action of this type.]
adj
Synonym of stop-and-search
n
A police action of this type.
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(UK, historical) A licence or permit given to a convict or prisoner to go out and work before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain conditions.
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A permit once granted to convicts allowing them to leave prison under certain circumstances; used especially of convicts transported to the British colonies
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