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SENTRY GO

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sentry go mean?

• SENTRY GO (noun)
The noun SENTRY GO has 1 sense:

1. the duty of serving as a sentry

Familiarity information: SENTRY GO used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SENTRY GO (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The duty of serving as a sentry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

guard duty; sentry duty; sentry go; guard

Context example:

he was on guard that night

Hypernyms ("sentry go" is a kind of...):

assignment; duty assignment (a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces))

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