"on duty" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on duty
  1. Actively engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation. Synonyms: on-duty Related terms: on call Translations (actively engaged...): հերթապահ (hertʻapah) (Armenian), дежурен (dežuren) (Bulgarian), ve službě (Czech), på arbejde (Danish), i tjeneste (Danish), have vagt (Danish), de service (French), in Dienst (German), Dienst haben (english: to be on duty) (German), ügyeletes (Hungarian), szolgálatban (van/lévő) (Hungarian), … műszakban (van/lévő) (Hungarian), munka közben (Hungarian), ar dualgas (Irish), dyżurny (Polish), de guardia (Spanish), i tjänst (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-on_duty-en-prep_phrase-VuqDwqJT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "հերթապահ"
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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      "sense": "actively engaged...",
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