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beyond the call of duty

beyond the call of duty prepositional phrase: more than what is needed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. more than what is needed.
    • to go beyond the call of duty
    • And what incredible access we were given (and thus passed on via the magic of television to a potentially huge audience), because of the work put in by the production team and TfL staff going above and beyond the call of duty.2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 49
    Synonyms:
    above and beyond the call of duty

Synonyms of beyond the call of duty

  • above and beyond the call of duty

Origin of beyond the call of duty

From call of duty.

Questions about beyond the call of duty

What does beyond the call of duty mean?
Beyond the call of duty means more than what is needed.
What part of speech is beyond the call of duty?
Beyond the call of duty is a prepositional phrase.

Words near beyond the call of duty in the dictionary

  1. beyond seas
  2. beyond someone's grasp
  3. beyond someone's scope
  4. beyond the beyonds
  5. beyond the black stump
  6. beyond the call of duty
  7. beyond the grave
  8. beyond the pale
  9. beyond the shadow of a doubt
  10. beyond words
  11. beyonde

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