in the line of duty

idiom

: while doing one's job

a soldier/policeman/fireman who was killed in the line of duty

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Dex was hospitalized earlier this week after sustaining a non-life threatening stab wound in the line of duty. —

Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 13 Dec. 2024 Apple was killed in the line of duty in June 2021 when Shawna Cash hit him with her vehicle and then dragged his body for 149 feet across a parking lot and over a curb. —

Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024 Legislators voted to create the Office of Independent Investigations in 2021 to provide civilian oversight of police officers who kill in the line of duty. —

Melissa Santos, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024 There have been 127 US police officers killed in the line of duty this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. —

Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the line of duty

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