do duty as
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Having reached Safeway with no fatalities, Stassin and I ordered our respective Loomos to trail us, so that they could do duty as shopping carts.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018
In that plight they might be seen some years ago, may still possibly be seen—empty, dusty, dreary—ranged above ground-floor premises which do duty as a parcels' conveyance office, and abutting on a mean, ill-kept yard.
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts
It don’t suit a young fellow who has got to do duty as first mate of his father’s brig and push his way in the world as a seaman.
From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The portion allotted to Dave was removed, ostensibly to keep it warm for him, but reproduced to do duty as a second helping for Dolly.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Upstairs Marie the maid was unpacking endless boxes of clothes, and hanging them up in a spare room fitted to do duty as an immense wardrobe.
From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
