on duty

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on duty

phrase on-duty

Actively engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation. I'm supposed to go on duty at 0800 hours.
Opposite: off duty

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prep_phrase actively engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation

Español	de guardia, de turno, de servicio
Français	de service
Deutsch	in Dienst, Dienst haben
Română	la datorie
Русский	на дежурстве na dežurstve, при исполнении pri ispolnenii

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@misc{on_duty_2026,
  title = {on duty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20duty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}