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Synonyms for active duty


Grammar : Noun



Définition of active duty

  • noun full-time military service
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Mix gave it, but before he could add a postscript, Mirabelle was on active duty.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • They had served together in the Space Service when Mike was on active duty.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • For some days after this entry my snow-blindness unfitted me for active duty.
  • Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane
  • I will be ready to respond when called upon for active duty.
  • Extract from : « Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama » by Walter L. Fleming
  • Active duty and responsibility are all that make it endurable.
  • Extract from : « Pierre And His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • The appointment was for life, but they took it in turns to be on active duty.
  • Extract from : « The Hansa Towns » by Helen Zimmern
  • Men released from active duty, whether they served voluntarily or involuntarily, remain subject to recall until the age of fifty.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • Young army officers on active duty and reserve officers in the local area were made available for classroom and field instruction.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • I will give you a message to your commander, relieving you from active duty.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Allies with the Cossacks » by Clair W. Hayes
  • It had been given him by a body of seamen when he had retired from active duty.
  • Extract from : « The Trumpeter Swan » by Temple Bailey

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