report for duty

English

Verb

report for duty (third-person singular simple present reports for duty, present participle reporting for duty, simple past and past participle reported for duty)

1. To arrive to perform a service to which one has been called up (especially military or jury service).
2. To come to work, to show up for work.

Translations

show up for work

• Danish: melde sig til tjeneste, stille (da) til tjeneste (da)
• Finnish: tulla töihin, ilmoittautua palvelukseen (military)
• Polish: zgłaszać się do służby impf, zgłosić się do służby pf

Further reading

• “report for duty”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.