beyond the call of duty

Idioms  

1. see under above and beyond.

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Example Sentences

The city’s reporters and anchors with roots in the community go beyond the call of duty in a time of devastation and loss.

From Los Angeles Times

Georg became an Austrian naval hero in World War I. Agathe describes how “on April 27, 1915, Georg von Trapp took a double risk in a maneuver that was beyond the call of duty. … However risky this maneuver was, the risk was modified by his carefully considered tactics and his full trust in his crew who, in turn, fully trusted him.”

From Slate

She also said she was "deeply troubled" at her sister's "dangerous" levels of work being characterised in the report as "going above and beyond the call of duty".

From BBC

At a campaign event last month, former President Trump bragged that receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom — as bestowed by him to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Republican Party super donor Miriam Adelson — is a greater honor than receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for military service and “gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.”

From Salon

“Seven thousand others remain unaccounted for. But a select few, like the colonel, went above and beyond the call of duty.”

From Seattle Times