Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beyond the call of duty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: be-yond the -cal-l of -du-ty
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

more than what is needed.

Example Sentences

"to go beyond the call of duty"
"And what incredible access we were given (and thus passed on via the magic of television to a potentially huge audience), because of the work put in by the production team and TfL staff going above and beyond the call of duty."

Etymology

From call of duty.

Synonyms

above and beyond the call of duty

Questions

What does beyond the call of duty mean?: more than what is needed.
Where does beyond the call of duty come from?: From call of duty.

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