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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Jen is pulling double duty, filming season 4 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives amid her busy DWTS schedule.
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
For Seasons 19 and 20, Siriano took over for Kloss and pulled double duty as host and mentor.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
Photograph by Michal Pudelka for TIME With the characters able to move between the Upside Down and the Rightside Up, every street, house, and store in Hawkins must serve double duty.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
As Sabrina Carpenter pulled double duty on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, the show’s censor couldn’t quite keep up.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
For Seasons 19 and 20, Siriano took over for Kloss and pulled double duty as host and mentor.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
Photograph by Michal Pudelka for TIME With the characters able to move between the Upside Down and the Rightside Up, every street, house, and store in Hawkins must serve double duty.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
As Sabrina Carpenter pulled double duty on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, the show’s censor couldn’t quite keep up.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Double duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20duty. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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