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duty calls

duty calls phrase: expresses that the speaker must go and deal with something.

Phrase

duty calls

  1. (idiomatic) Expresses that the speaker must go and deal with something.
    • Excuse me, gentlemen, but I'm afraid duty calls.

Questions about duty calls

What does duty calls mean?
Duty calls means expresses that the speaker must go and deal with something.
What part of speech is duty calls?
Duty calls is a phrase.

Words near duty calls in the dictionary

  1. dutuburi
  2. duty
  3. duty ace
  4. duty aces
  5. duty bound
  6. duty calls
  7. duty card
  8. duty cards
  9. duty cycle
  10. duty cycles
  11. duty man

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