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Multi-word Results
| call-up |
an order to a large number of people to report for active military duty. |
| close call |
(informal) a narrow escape from danger, failure, detection, or the like. |
| conference call |
a telephone conversation or discussion in which three or more people participate at the same time. |
| curtain call |
an invitation, communicated by an audience's appreciative applause, for performers to return to the stage after a performance has ended. |
| port of call |
a port where a ship regularly docks during the course of a longer voyage in order to load and unload passengers and cargo, make repairs, or the like. |
| roll call |
the reading aloud of a list of names of those expected to be present, such as students in a classroom, soldiers in a unit, or members at a meeting. [2 definitions] |
| sick call |
in the military, a daily lineup of those requesting medical attention. [2 definitions] |
| toll call |
any telephone call for which a higher rate is charged than the fixed rate for local calls. |
| trunk call |
(British English; old-fashioned) a long-distance telephone call. |
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