"duty calls" meaning in English

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        "Expresses that the speaker must go and deal with something."
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        "(idiomatic) Expresses that the speaker must go and deal with something."
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          "word": "call of duty"
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          "sense": "expresses that the speaker has something they must do",
          "word": "de plicht roept"
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          "sense": "expresses that the speaker has something they must do",
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