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[ awf-doo-tee, -dyoo-, of- ] / ˈɔfˈdu ti, -ˈdyu-, ˈɒf- /
adjectivenot engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer. of, relating to, or during a period when a person is not at work. Origin of off-dutyFirst recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby off-dutyoff-centre, off chance, off-color, off colour, offcut, off-duty, Offenbach, offence, offend, offense, offenseless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for off-dutyThe NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop. The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher. His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Three off-duty cops working as security guards apprehended Saylor and proceeded to restrain him in an ultimately fatal fashion. Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls|Emily Shire|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST When Singh got back on board, he saw the off-duty army officers and realized that posing as one of them might help save him. As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA|Simran Jeet Singh|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But what happens to those hormones when soldiers are off-duty? Why These Marines Love ‘Frozen’—and Why It Matters|Aaron B. O’Connell|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST At last Tabs saw how she looked in her off-duty moments, when she wasn't occupied with being respectful. The Kingdom Round the Corner|Coningsby Dawson In his spells of off-duty Branscombe was a regular book-worm. The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge|Percy F. Westerman I knew it was a safe place for an off-duty officer to go, and interesting to someone that hadn't seen it. Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Mac came into the half-ruined dugout where the off-duty machine gunners were making tea over a fire of splintered logs. Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall As the off-duty man stumbled out of the wheelhouse, the skipper also turned to leave. Commander Lawless V.C.|Rolf Bennett
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