LINE OF DUTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line of duty mean? 

• LINE OF DUTY (noun)
  The noun LINE OF DUTY has 1 sense:

1. all that is normally required in some area of responsibility

  Familiarity information: LINE OF DUTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINE OF DUTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

All that is normally required in some area of responsibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("line of duty" is a kind of...):

duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)