"off duty" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} off duty
  1. Not engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation. Synonyms: off-duty
    Sense id: en-off_duty-en-prep_phrase-NxhoYfVk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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  ],
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      },
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The policeman was off duty but had his gun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I won't be going off duty until about six.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944, Philip MacDonald, Action in Arabia, spoken by Matthew Reed (Robert Armstrong):",
          "text": "Officially I think you're crazy. Unofficially I'm off duty.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation."
      ],
      "id": "en-off_duty-en-prep_phrase-NxhoYfVk",
      "links": [
        [
          "engaged",
          "engaged"
        ],
        [
          "assigned",
          "assigned"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "off-duty"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "on duty"
    }
  ],
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      },
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        {
          "text": "The policeman was off duty but had his gun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I won't be going off duty until about six.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1944, Philip MacDonald, Action in Arabia, spoken by Matthew Reed (Robert Armstrong):",
          "text": "Officially I think you're crazy. Unofficially I'm off duty.",
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        "Not engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engaged",
          "engaged"
        ],
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          "assigned",
          "assigned"
        ],
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          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
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          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "off-duty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "off duty"
}

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