on call

[on call] {adj. phr.}

1. Having to be paid on demand.

* /Jim didn't have the money ready even though he knew the bill was on call./

2. Ready and available.

* /This is Dr. Kent's day to be on call at the hospital./

* /The nurse is on call for emergency cases./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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