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/kɔːl/ 
| singular | call |
| plural | calls |
- 1[countable] an act of telephoning someone
The helpline received 100 calls in the first couple of hours.
make a call:Can you wait while I make another call?
give someone a call:Why don’t you give me a call in the morning?
take/answer a call:He took the call in his study.
return a call (=telephone someone who tried to telephone you):He never returned her calls.
an incoming/outgoing call:You can’t take incoming calls on the payphone.
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be on call
the call of duty
the call of nature
humorouscall to action
call to arms
have first call on
there’s no call for something
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