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For the duration: A phrase often used colloquially to express weariness and impatience. It had all kinds of applications. Men, for instance, whose relief was long overdue might be heard complaining "Are we going to stop here for the duration?" The expression also had reference to the term of enlistment: "For four years or the duration of the War."[1]
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- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.86.
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