patriotic duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpatrioticandduty
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patriotic
adjective
uk/ˌpæt.riˈɒt.ɪk/us/ˌpeɪ.triˈɑː.t̬ɪk/
showing love for your country and being proud ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofpatrioticanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In so doing, they were motivated as much by self-interest aspatrioticduty.
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It should be apatrioticduty.
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The second is not just obeying orders; he advances because he believes it is hispatrioticdutyto advance.
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We have exhortations to investors to do theirpatrioticduty.
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It is more than just a question ofpatrioticduty.
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We did that as an act ofpatrioticduty.
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They did not fail in theirpatrioticdutytowards their country.
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Well, it is really for him to say what he thinks hispatrioticdutyis.
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The fisherman, like the farmer, has apatrioticdutyto perform.
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The circumvention of any sanctions will become apatrioticdutyand a profitable business.
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I would go further and say that such an attitude of mind is apatrioticduty.
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Elasticity in a matter of that kind seems to us almost apatrioticduty.
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It is theirpatrioticdutyto go to help in the rebuilding of their country.
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I therefore believe that that is theirpatrioticdutyand responsibility.
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It was almost apatrioticdutyto eat your ration of sweets.
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Nobody can allege that they have failed in a sense ofpatrioticduty.
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Buying is apatrioticduty: if you do not buy more, the economy will collapse.
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Santamara, torch in hand, fulfilled hispatrioticduty.
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The volunteers were especially impatient to perform theirpatrioticduty.
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Some are doing it because they are compelled, and many others propose to do it as apatrioticduty.
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The only difference between former days and now is that it is regarded as apatrioticduty.
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They are doing it willingly, and primarily it is because they think it is theirpatrioticdutyto do so.
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