Syn: off duty(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
off duty — {adj.} Not supposed to be at work; having free time; not working. * /Sailors like to go sight seeing, when they are off duty in a foreign port./ * /It seems that all the taxis in New York are off duty whenever it rains./ Often used with hyphens,… … Dictionary of American idioms
off duty — {adj.} Not supposed to be at work; having free time; not working. * /Sailors like to go sight seeing, when they are off duty in a foreign port./ * /It seems that all the taxis in New York are off duty whenever it rains./ Often used with hyphens,… … Dictionary of American idioms
off duty — adjective Not engaged in an assigned task, duty or occupation The man was rescued by an off duty fire fighter Ant: on duty … Wiktionary
off-duty — /awf dooh tee, dyooh , of /, adj. 1. not engaged in the performance of one s usual work: an off duty police officer. 2. of, pertaining to, or during a period when a person is not at work. [1850 55] * * * … Universalium
off duty — phrasal free from assignment or responsibility … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mothers Off Duty — (M.O.D.) is a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) women s organization, founded in 1991 in the belief that the duties of motherhood extend beyond the immediate family. The group describes the core of the non profit s mission as [aiding] in the prevention of… … Wikipedia
duty — du·ty n pl du·ties [Anglo French deuté indebtedness, obligation, from deu owing, due, from Old French see due] 1: tasks, service, or functions that arise from one s position performing a police officer s duties; also: a period of being on duty… … Law dictionary
duty — /dooh tee, dyooh /, n., pl. duties. 1. something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation. 2. the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation. 3. an action or… … Universalium
off — /awf, of/, adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. 2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 3. away from a place: to run off; to look off toward… … Universalium
off — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) from a place or position < march off >; specifically away from land < ship stood off to sea > (2) … New Collegiate Dictionary
