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call the roll

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[call the roll] {v. phr.}

To read out the names on a certain list, usually in alphabetical order.

* /The sergeant called the roll of the newly enlisted volunteers in the army./

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	call ⁴³ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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