six-month tour

collocation in English

meaningsoftour

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tour
noun
uk
/tʊər/us
/tʊr/
a visit to a place or area, especially one during which you look around the place or area and learn ...
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(Definition oftourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A reversal of that decision might lead to the abolition of thesix-monthtour.
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Thesix-monthtourof duty is worthy of serious consideration.
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None of the officers currently deployed is serving asix-monthtourof duty.
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For most units asix-monthtour, with appropriate opportunity to acclimatise, has now been established.
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They serve asix-monthtourand the roulement of units in theatre continues on a regular basis.
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It set off on asix-monthtourin 2011, with stops in 30 different cities.
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They served asix-monthtourin the desert with distinction.
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He then went on asix-monthtourbefore taking a well-earned rest.
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The 22nd had actually spent much of theirsix-monthtourout of position.
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In total, they escorted 562 convoys during theirsix-monthtourand delivered 35,690 tonnes of aid, often operating in difficult and dangerous circumstances.
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I cannot begin to imagine the effect that asix-monthtourof duty must have had on the young men who undertook it.
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This was the first of over 70 events in asix-monthtourthat covered over 30 states.
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Half of that battalion (600 of them) is being put under the command ofsix-monthtourbattalions, which means that commanders most certainly cannot get to know them.
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Eachsix-monthtourafter that authorizes the wearer to place a number on their ribbon (beginning with the number 2).
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