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: --
These lands, often given to heroes who perished in the line of duty were called "bilavritti" or "kalnad".
The agency has lost 7 personnel in the line of duty.
Clashes between smugglers and customs men were often violent, with the deaths of customs men in the line of duty not being uncommon.
Smax is fairly resourceful in the line of duty, but he has a quick temper and is not intellectually inclined, often not thinking things through.
He made detective sergeant in 1912 and received several commendations by the department for bravery in the line of duty.
Even police officers—who, of course, put themselves at risk in the line of duty—do not make their contract in the same way as members of our armed services do.
I think they did it in the line of duty.
We demand of our troops the ultimate: to give their lives in the line of duty if necessary.
