on patrol

(out) on patrol

away from a central location, watching over a distant or assigned area. (Said especially of police and soldiers.) Officer Smith is out on patrol and cannot see you now. The soldiers who are on patrol on this snowy night must be very cold.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Andreas	ahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)	German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Parr	[pa:]
Seble	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Edwina	ed-WEEN-ə, ed-WIN-ə	English
Maddox	['mædəks]
Jelena	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian