off duty

phrase

: free from assignment or responsibility

a police officer who was off duty at the time

Examples of off duty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust has said county and municipal employees who want to participate in political campaigns should limit that activity to their off duty hours, according to ethics guidance issued in 2023. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Guyger, a four-year Dallas police veteran, was in uniform but off duty at the time. — Claire Cardona, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

On the Move Slouchy cargos and a baseball tee seem made for the model off duty. — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for off duty

• agouti
• beauty
• booty
• cutie
• fruity
• putti
• snooty
• sooty
• sruti
• tutti