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American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original ...

[answer one's calling] {v. phr.} To fulfill one's destiny in terms of work or profession ...

[answer the call of nature] or [obey the call of nature] {v. phr.}, {slang} To ...

[at call] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. Ready or nearby for use, help, or service; ...

[at one's beck and call] or [at the beck and call of] {adj. phr.} Ready ...

[call] See: [AT CALL], [AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL], [CLOSE CALL], [ON CALL], [PORT OF ...

[call a halt] {v. phr.} To give a command to stop. * /The scouts were ...

[call a spade a spade] {v. phr.} To call a person or thing a name ...

[call down] also [dress down] {v.}, {informal} To scold. * /Jim was called down by ...

[call for] {v.} 1. To come or go to get (someone or something). * /John ...