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patriotic duty

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patriotic
adjective
uk /ˌpæt.riˈɒt.ɪk/ us /ˌpeɪ.triˈɑː.t̬ɪk/
showing love for your country and being proud ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈdʒuː.ti/ us /ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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Examples of patriotic duty


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In so doing, they were motivated as much by self-interest as patrioticduty.
It should be a patrioticduty.
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The second is not just obeying orders; he advances because he believes it is his patrioticduty to advance.
We have exhortations to investors to do their patrioticduty.
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It is more than just a question of patrioticduty.
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We did that as an act of patrioticduty.
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They did not fail in their patrioticduty towards their country.
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Well, it is really for him to say what he thinks his patrioticduty is.
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The fisherman, like the farmer, has a patrioticduty to perform.
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The circumvention of any sanctions will become a patrioticduty and a profitable business.
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I would go further and say that such an attitude of mind is a patrioticduty.
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Elasticity in a matter of that kind seems to us almost a patrioticduty.
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It is their patrioticduty to go to help in the rebuilding of their country.
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I therefore believe that that is their patrioticduty and responsibility.
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It was almost a patrioticduty to eat your ration of sweets.
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Nobody can allege that they have failed in a sense of patrioticduty.
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Buying is a patrioticduty: if you do not buy more, the economy will collapse.
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Santamara, torch in hand, fulfilled his patrioticduty.
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The volunteers were especially impatient to perform their patrioticduty.
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Some are doing it because they are compelled, and many others propose to do it as a patrioticduty.
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The only difference between former days and now is that it is regarded as a patrioticduty.
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They are doing it willingly, and primarily it is because they think it is their patrioticduty to do so.
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