report for duty
To arrive to perform a service to which one has been called upTo arrive to perform a service to which one has been called up (especially military or jury service).
» I'm reporting for duty.
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo arrive to perform a service to which one has been called up (especially military or jury service).
To come to work, to show up for work.
Examples
6 sentencesI'm reporting for duty.
Report for duty Monday morning.
ruВы должны явиться на службу в понедельник утром. — sharptoothed
Tom Jackson didn't report for duty this morning.
The soldiers report for duty tomorrow.
While most nurses reported for duty, they joined pickets outside the hospitals leaving only skeleton staff to care for patients.
Translations
1 languagesForms
reports for duty, reporting for duty, reported for duty, reported for duty| Base form | report for duty · to report for duty |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | reports for duty |
| Present participle | reporting for duty |
| Past simple | reported for duty |
| Past participle | reported for duty |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.