double duty

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: to do the work of two people : to take on two roles

doing double duty as cook and waiter

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Before giving up law completely, Ponder still dipped her toes in the craft, pulling double duty as a trial lawyer by day and moonlighting in projects like Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People by night. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 14 Oct. 2026 There were portable classrooms doing double duty at the elementary school half a mile away because enrollment was up more than 500%, and the district hadn’t caught up yet. — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 There’s also an NQ4 AI Gen3 processor, Dolby Atmos, and Motion Xcelerator up to 164Hz for gamers who want their TV pulling double duty. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 That last detail was doing double duty as a tease for a new product from Bieber coming our way soon. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for double duty

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