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Today's Idiom = "Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty"

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Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty ( one does more work than is required ... )
"above and beyond the call of duty"



Above and beyond the call of duty describes work done which was more than required. Example: "What that police officer did to save her life was above and beyond the call of duty."



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