sentry post

ˈsɛntri poʊst

Definition

Definition of sentry post - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

military

Rare

location where a sentry is officially stationed

Rare

The soldier stood alert at the sentry post.
Guards rotated shifts at the sentry post every four hours.
The sentry post was strategically placed at the camp's entrance.

guard post

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Expressions with sentry

stand sentry

stay at a place to protect it from danger

Soldiers stand sentry at the gate every night.

sentry box

small shelter with open front for sentry protection

The sentry stood watch in the sentry box.

sentry duty

duty of guarding a place or person

He was assigned sentry duty at the main gate.

sentry go

duty of a soldier to stand guard

He was assigned the sentry go for the night.

Expressions with post

post up

attach a notice to a surface

She will post up the schedule on the board.

post restante

postal service holding mail for recipient collection

She picked up her package from the post restante.

stick to one's post

keep doing your job even when things get tough

Despite the chaos, the nurse stuck to her post all night.

deaf as a post

adj.

completely unable to hear anything

Even with his hearing aid, he's deaf as a post.

dumb as a post

adj.

extremely lacking in intelligence or common sense

He stood there, dumb as a post, not understanding a word.

post no bills

prohibit putting up posters or notices on surfaces

The wall was marked with 'post no bills' to prevent graffiti.

relieved of one's post

adj.

no longer holding a position or job

After the scandal, he was relieved of his post.

be left at the post

adj.

feeling or showing that you have been beaten early in a contest

The be left at the post team looked discouraged after the first round.

be pipped at the post

lose by a very small amount at the end

She was pipped at the post in the final race.

post office

building for mailing letters and buying stamps

I went to the post office to mail a package.

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French:poste de garde, ...
German:Wachposten, ...
Italian:posto di sentinella, ...
Spanish:puesto de centinela, ...
Portuguese:posto de sentinela, ...
Chinese:哨岗, ...
Japanese:哨兵所, ...
Arabic:نُقْطَة حِرَاسَة, ...
Hebrew:עֶמְדַּת שְׁמִירָה, ...
Russian:пост охраны, ...
Ukrainian:вартовий пост, ...
Hindi:संतरी पोस्ट, ...
Bengali:প্রহরী পোস্ট, ...
Catalan:post de guàrdia, ...
Czech:strážní stanoviště, ...
Danish:vagtpost, ...
Dutch:wachtpost, ...
Greek:φυλάκιο, ...
Hungarian:őrhely, ...
Khmer:ប៉ុស្តិ៍យាម, ...
Korean:초소, ...
Persian:پست نگهبانی, ...
Polish:posterunek wartowniczy, ...
Portuguese (BR):posto de sentinela, ...
Romanian:post de santinelă, ...
Swedish:vaktpost, ...
Thai:ป้อมยาม, ...
Turkish:nöbetçi noktası, ...
Vietnamese:chốt gác, ...

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