point duty
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Definition(s):
- (n) the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection
Usage(s):
- The car stopped to avoid running over one of the police on point duty, and General Feng got out and ordered his bodyguard to kill the constable.
- Police on point duty manned four major intersections in the CBD, and one or two others were manned for brief periods by public-minded citizens who did not mind getting soaked.
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