Detail for (something) verb phrase
To appoint someone to a certain task.
The teacher detailed me for cleaning the equipment yesterday.
My younger brother was detailed for guard duty.
Maria detailed me for investigating this murder, and I can't decline it.
To assign someone to a location.
The verb "detail" should be conjugated according to its tense.
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.