do your duty

This page is about the collocation do your duty

collocation pattern: verb + noun

Meaning

do what you should do at work, at home, or for your community

For example

  • The police were just doing their duty when they arrested him.

  • If you want to do your duty as a citizen, think about politics and vote in elections.

Quick Quiz

Politicians do their duty when they do what's best for

a. companies that lobby them

b. all their family and friends

c. everyone in the country
a) companies that lobby them b) all their family and friends c) everyone in the country

Contributor: Matt Errey