turn of duty
turn of duty · turns of duty
A period of work in one's occupation, usually scheduled and lasting several hoursA period of work in one's occupation, usually scheduled and lasting several hours.
» They took turns on duty.
keira_n · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA period of work in one's occupation, usually scheduled and lasting several hours.
Examples
1 sentencesThey took turns on duty.
Forms
plural: turns of duty| Singular | turn of duty |
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irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedshiftB2
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
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.