double duty
idiom
: to do the work of two people : to take on two roles
doing double duty as cook and waiter
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Jacquemus has been doing double duty as creative director and chief executive officer since the departure in December 2023 of Bastien Daguzan.
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Joelle Diderich, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Callard enters wearing bright pink tights and a black dress covered in unicorns that, in a different decade, might have done double duty as a black-light poster.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
That paradox made her work do double duty as fine art and self-consciously performative discourse.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The rosy hue is even pretty enough to do double duty as an ice bucket.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
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Joelle Diderich, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Callard enters wearing bright pink tights and a black dress covered in unicorns that, in a different decade, might have done double duty as a black-light poster.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
That paradox made her work do double duty as fine art and self-consciously performative discourse.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The rosy hue is even pretty enough to do double duty as an ice bucket.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Double duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20duty. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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