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report for duty

report for duty verb: to arrive to perform a service to which one has been called up (especially military or jury service).

Verb

report for duty (third-person singular simple present reports for duty, present participle reporting for duty, simple past and past participle reported for duty)

  1. To arrive to perform a service to which one has been called up (especially military or jury service).
  2. To come to work, to show up for work.

Forms of report for duty

third-person singular presentreports for duty
present participlereporting for duty
past participlereported for duty
pastreported for duty

Questions about report for duty

What does report for duty mean?
Report for duty means to arrive to perform a service to which one has been called up (especially military or jury service).
What part of speech is report for duty?
Report for duty is a verb.
What is the past tense of report for duty?
The past tense of report for duty is reported for duty.

Words near report for duty in the dictionary

  1. repopulators
  2. report
  3. report back
  4. report card
  5. report cards
  6. report for duty
  7. report out
  8. reportability
  9. reportable
  10. reportage
  11. reportages

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