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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of going on patrol.

   "The remainder of our patrollings simply consisted of journeying up and down the enemy coast looking for anything that may appear."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of patrol form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

airplane spotterargusbeatcharleycoursecover

Example

More examples

"The police were patrolling the street."

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