off-duty
[ awf-doo-tee, -dyoo-, of- ]
/ ˈɔfˈdu ti, -ˈdyu-, ˈɒf- /
adjective
not engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer.
of, relating to, or during a period when a person is not at work.
Origin of off-duty
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby off-duty
off-camera,
off-campus,
off-center,
off-centre,
off-color,
off-duty,
off-glide,
off-grid,
off-hour,
off-island,
off-islander
Definition for off duty (2 of 2)
duty
[ doo-tee, dyoo- ]
/ ˈdu ti, ˈdyu- /
noun, plural du·ties.
synonym study for duty
1.
Duty,
obligation refer to what one feels bound to do.
Duty is what one performs, or avoids doing, in fulfillment of the permanent dictates of conscience, piety, right, or law:
duty to one's country; one's duty to tell the truth, to raise children properly. An
obligation is what one is bound to do to fulfill the dictates of usage, custom, or propriety, and to carry out a particular, specific, and often personal promise or agreement:
financial obligations.
British Dictionary definitions for off duty
duty
/ (ˈdjuːtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for duty
C13: from Anglo-French
dueté, from Old French
deu
due
Cultural definitions for off duty
duty
A tax charged by a government, especially on an import.
Idioms and Phrases with off duty (1 of 2)
off duty
see under on duty.
Idioms and Phrases with off duty (2 of 2)
duty