does one's duty
does one's duty is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's duty.
Meaning of do one's duty
Verb
do one's duty (third-person singular simple present does one's duty, present participle doing one's duty, simple past did one's duty, past participle done one's duty)
- Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate.
- And when I was being toilet-trained as a very little boy, she'd always ask, "Have you done your duty?" That was the word for it.1996, Derrick Humphreys, John A. Munro, The making of a grey panther: the Derrick Humphreys story, page 8
- Synonyms:
- use the toilet
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, duty.
- Synonyms:
- use the toilet
Questions about does one's duty
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- Does one's duty is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's duty.
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