off-duty hours

collocation in English

meaningsofoff-dutyandhour

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off-duty
adjective
uk
/ˌɒfˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˌɑːfˈduː.t̬i/
When police officers, doctors, guards, etc. are off-duty, they are ...
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hour
noun
uk
/aʊər/us
/aʊr/
a period of ...
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(Definition ofoff-dutyandhourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Any soldier is at liberty to take independent civilian medical advice and treatment privately during off-duty hours.
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Men who are illiterate on entry are, however, encouraged to study during duty and off-duty hours.
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There are no regulations forbidding prisoners of war to attend any public meetings which may be held in parks during their off-duty hours.
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For some of the students those lectures must come in the off-duty hours, and it is unavoidable in those cases.
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Approval was given to three soldiers to undertake such additional work during their off-duty hours, and two are currently engaged in it.
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The problem is that at the moment it is not available for those officers to use in their off-duty hours.
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As to the second part, any soldier is at liberty to seek private medical treatment at his own expense in off-duty hours.
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This is coupled with what is regarded as the unreasonable regulation of their off-duty hours.
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They are unaccompanied and there are few facilities for the off-duty hours.
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Subject to certain conditions and the approval of his commanding officer, a member of the regular forces may accept temporary employment during normal leave or part-time employment during off-duty hours.
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Service personnel are permitted to undertake employment during leave or off-duty hours with the approval of their commanding officer.
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Torpedo is a strict vegetarian and spends his off-duty hours perfecting his fighting skills and marksmanship.
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Although she is an attractive woman, she only shows the more feminine side of her personality in private, during her off-duty hours.
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Suntans will be worn during off-duty hours only.
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The three men would spend their off-duty hours in intense and wide-ranging scientific discussion on topics such as cosmology, mathematics and astrophysics.
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With upwards of 75,000 men stationed in an unfamiliar area something had to be done to occupy the troops during off-duty hours away from the camp.
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Hughes remained on active duty until mid-1919, meanwhile continuing his writing career in off-duty hours.
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