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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The Deal Director: Jean-Stéphane Bron Countries of production: Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Festival section: Out of Competition
Bron is pulling double duty in Locarno’s 2025 out-of-competition lineup.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
Side note: There’s also the fact that the app pulls double duty as a digital memory book.
—Amy Stotts, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
With companies shifting toward business-casual dress codes, performance fabrics that wick sweat, offer four-way stretch and combat odors are pulling double duty in the office.
—Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
Top-tier egg cookers will cost more than $50 and can often pull double duty as slow cookers, steamers and rice cookers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
Side note: There’s also the fact that the app pulls double duty as a digital memory book.
—Amy Stotts, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
With companies shifting toward business-casual dress codes, performance fabrics that wick sweat, offer four-way stretch and combat odors are pulling double duty in the office.
—Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
Top-tier egg cookers will cost more than $50 and can often pull double duty as slow cookers, steamers and rice cookers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for double duty
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“Double duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20duty. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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