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Crowding his rear flank
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After a short conversation with a general, the police officer: left the brownstone, climbed back in his Rover, and drove off in pursuit of apparently the greatest assassin his country had ever produced, while a cagey former general who had no problem allowing his foot soldiers to die to achieve his goals was crowding his rear flank.
I have an impression that it means: he was protecting his own a.s.s.
However the word "crowding" puzzles me?
After a short conversation with a general, the police officer: left the brownstone, climbed back in his Rover, and drove off in pursuit of apparently the greatest assassin his country had ever produced, while a cagey former general who had no problem allowing his foot soldiers to die to achieve his goals was crowding his rear flank.
I have an impression that it means: he was protecting his own a.s.s.
However the word "crowding" puzzles me?
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Hi, After a short conversation with a general, the police officer: left the brownstone, climbed back in his Rover, and drove off in pursuit of apparently the greatest assassin his country had ever produced, while a cagey former general who had no problem allowing his foot soldiers to die to achieve his goals was crowding his rear flank . s. However the word "crowding" puzzles me?
- Hi, After a short conversation with a general, the police officer: left the brownstone, climbed back in his Rover, and drove off in pursuit of apparently the greatest assassin his country had ever produced, while a cagey former general who had no problem allowing his foot soldiers to die to achieve his goals was crowding his rear flank .
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- However the word "crowding" puzzles me?
- It's not a well-written passage.
- The general was 'crowding his (ie the police officer's) rear flank' seems to mean 'urging the police officer forward, urging him to take speedy action'.
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Hi,
After a short conversation with a general, the police officer: left the brownstone, climbed back in his Rover, and drove off in pursuit of apparently the greatest assassin his country had ever produced, while a cagey former general who had no problem allowing his foot soldiers to die to achieve his goals was crowding his rear flank.
I have an impression that it
After a short conversation with a general, the police officer: left the brownstone, climbed back in his Rover, and drove off in pursuit of apparently the greatest assassin his country had ever produced, while a cagey former general who had no problem allowing his foot soldiers to die to achieve his goals was crowding his rear flank.
I have an impression that it
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