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rear guard

NOUN
rear
Synonyms
STRONGEST
back back door back end backside bottom butt rear end tail
STRONG
behind buttocks end heel hind hindquarters posterior postern rearward reverse rump seat stern tailpiece tush
WEAK
afterpart back seat hind part tail end
Antonyms
STRONGEST
front
WEAK
beginning

Example Sentences

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McCarthy said that the Consumer Product Safety Commission approved its design for a new rear guard for the product this past quarter.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

"The approved rear guard repair eliminates the potential for entrapment near the rear roller of the treadmill," the safety regulator said in a statement.

From Reuters • May 18, 2023

No one thinks these defensive units would have any chance of staving off the Russian army, but military experts say they could form a kind of insurgent rear guard, harassing and disruptive invading forces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022

But they appeared to be the rear guard of an army in retreat.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021

We spent all of our time as Fivers together, and we fall instinctively back into the pattern of those days, with me taking point and Helene the rear guard.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir