detail (one) to (someone or something)
detail (one) to (someone or something)
To assign one to someone or something. This phrase is typically used in a military setting. Oh, great, my superior detailed me to latrine duty.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
detail someone to someone or something
to assign someone to someone or a group. (Military.) I will detail Private Bailey to that job. The general detailed a lieutenant to the platoon that was going to the front.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- detail
- detail to
- detailed
- detail for
- detail for (something)
- designate
- designate (someone or something) as (something)
- designate as
- consign
- consign (something) to (someone or something)