rear guard
noun
Roget 668:
warning,
early warning,
caution,
caveat;
notice
etc.
(information)
527;
premonition,
premonishment†;
prediction
etc.
511;
contraindication,
lesson,
dehortation†;
admonition,
monition;
alarm
etc.
669.
handwriting on the wall,
mene mene tekel upharsin,
red flag,
yellow flag;
fog-signal,
foghorn;
siren;
monitor,
warning voice,
Cassandra†,
signs of the times,
Mother Cary's chickens†,
stormy petrel,
bird of ill omen,
gathering clouds,
clouds in the horizon,
death watch.
watchtower,
beacon,
signal post;
lighthouse
etc.
(indication of locality)
550.
sentinel,
sentry, ,
watch,
watchman;
watch and ward;
watchdog,
bandog†,
housedog†;
patrol,
patrolman,
vedette†,
picket,
bivouac,
scout,
spy,
spial†;
undercover agent,
mole,
plainclothesman;
advanced guard,
rear guard;
lookout.
cautiousness
etc.
864.
monitor,
guard camera,
radar,
AWACS,
spy satellite,
spy-in-the-sky,
U2 plane,
spy plane.
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Roget 235:
rear,
back,
posteriority;
rear rank,
rear guard;
background,
hinterland.
occiput [Anat.],
nape,
chine;
heels;
tail,
rump,
croup,
buttock,
posteriors,
backside scut†,
breech,
dorsum,
loin;
dorsal region,
lumbar region;
hind quarters;
aitchbone†;
natch,
natch bone.
stern,
poop,
afterpart†,
heelpiece†,
crupper.
wake;
train
etc.
(sequence)
281.
reverse;
other side of the shield.
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Roget 67:
end,
close,
termination;
desinence†,
conclusion,
finis,
finale,
period,
term,
terminus,
endpoint,
last,
omega;
extreme,
extremity;
gable end,
butt end,
fag-end;
tip,
nib,
point;
tail
etc.
(rear)
235;
verge
etc.
(edge)
231;
tag,
peroration;
bonne bouche [Fr.];
bottom dollar,
tail end,
rear guard.
consummation,
denouement;
finish
etc.
(completion)
729;
fate;
doom,
doomsday;
crack of doom,
day of Judgment,
dies irae,
fall of the curtain;
goal,
destination;
limit,
determination;
expiration,
expiry†,
extinction,
extermination;
death
etc.
360;
end of all things;
finality;
eschatology.
break up,
commencement de la fin,
last stage,
turning point;
coup de grace,
deathblow;
knock-out-blow;
sockdolager [U.S.].
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