0 Something that happens to you in the line of duty happens when you are doing your job:
1 while doing what was expected in a particular job:
Most of us know what our wives have to suffer for us in the line of duty.
I also hope that the other offices who were injured in the line of duty make a speedy recovery.
Figures are not yet available for the number of fire officers injured in the line of duty in 1993.
That was all in the line of duty as far as he was concerned.
The tax inspector should ensure only that the money has been spent in the line of duty.
I am told that such travelling is done, not in the line of duty, but to gather "background information".
As we mourn our own soldiers who have fallen in the line of duty, so we mourn theirs.
We demand of our troops the ultimate: to give their lives in the line of duty if necessary.
