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单词 on duty
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on duty in British English

at work
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Examples of 'on duty' in a sentence
on duty

POLICE forces paid more than 32million in compensation to officers and civilian staff hurt on duty in three years.
The Sun (2017)
It also found that officers in four out of six forces studied had more days away from work than on duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Despite the thousands of men and women injured on duty in recent years, the number of veterans in the team is small.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You'll do better work on duty if you have a complete change when you're off.
Lumsden, Robert 23 Steps to Successful Achievement (1972)

Synonyms of 'on duty'

at work, working, busy, engaged
More Synonyms of on duty
(phrase) 
Definition
at (or not at) work
Extra staff had been put on duty.
Synonyms
at work
working
busy
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
engaged
the various projects he was engaged on
on call
on active service
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Additional synonyms

in the sense of busy
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Synonyms
occupied with,
working,
engaged in,
on duty,
employed in,
preoccupied with,
absorbed in,
immersed in,
hard at work,
engrossed in,
in harness,
on active service,
hard at work on,
BY
in the sense of engaged
the various projects he was engaged on
Synonyms
occupied,
working,
involved,
committed,
employed,
busy,
absorbed,
tied up,
preoccupied,
engrossed

Nearby words of
on duty

  • on behalf of something or someone or on something or someone's behalf
  • on condition that
  • on credit
  • on duty
  • on edge
  • on fire
  • on form

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