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off-duty

[awf-doo-tee, -dyoo-, of-]

adjective

  1. not engaged in the performance of one's usual work.

    an off-duty police officer.

  2. of, relating to, or during a period when a person is not at work.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of off-duty1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Idioms and Phrases

see under on duty.
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Brown had already been detained by off-duty Florida Highway Patrol officers serving as security for the amateur boxing event held in the area.

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Wearing an understated but chic outfit, flowing braids and a dewy, make-up free face, Arop Akol looks like your typical off-duty model.

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In March, some 21 people, most of them off-duty security personnel, were killed during a train siege in Balochistan's remote Sibi district.

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An off-duty police officer who was paddleboarding arrived within two minutes of his disappearance under the water and helped recover the body from the seabed.

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Tyler Rowland, an off-duty police officer, was paddleboarding with his partner at the beach.

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