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done one's duty

done one's duty is the past participle 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)

  1. (euphemistic) 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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, duty.
    Synonyms:
    use the toilet

Questions about done one's duty

What is done one's duty the past participle of?
Done one's duty is the past participle of do one's duty.

Words near done one's duty in the dictionary

  1. done off
  2. done one's bit
  3. done one's business
  4. done one's damnedest
  5. done one's darnedest
  6. done one's duty
  7. done one's ease
  8. done one's easement
  9. done one's homework
  10. done one's job
  11. done one's own thing

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