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Line of duty   /laɪn əv dˈuti/   Listen
Line of duty

noun
1.
All that is normally required in some area of responsibility.






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"Line of duty" Quotes from Famous Books



... clearly, and deliberately chose, the trials which he endured. He was an individual who could not become the indefinite portion of a mass, but fought for himself, on his own account. He was a self-sacrificing hero, but did not claim that distinction or any merit, feeling only that he was in the line of duty to self, country, and God. He fought for a principle, and needed neither driving nor urging, but was eager and determined to fight. He was not a politic man, but a man under fervent feeling, forgetful of the possibilities ...
— Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 • Carlton McCarthy



Words linked to "Line of duty" :   responsibility, obligation, duty



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