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do duty as

VERB

serve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benefit do make work

STRONG

advantage answer apply avail content fit function profit satisfy service suit

WEAK

answer the purpose be acceptable be adequate be good enough be of use be useful fill the bill work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy fail idle lose

STRONG

anger displease dissatisfy upset

WEAK

receive refrain refuse take

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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

Masters, midshipmen, and pursers must do duty as seamen.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver

Now, I am willing to do duty as supercargo, even without pay, but I won't lend a hand in any transaction that I don't like the look of.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

A truism must do duty as my first sentence.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William 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

do duty as

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