#Call to arms meaning free#

This is an unobtrusive way of keeping expensive unofficial calls to the minimum.

When you play at your opponent's court, the calls tend to go against you.

Weiss has failed to return calls seeking comment.

Investigators responded to the two locations after they received calls of suspicious packages in the mail.

This is the last call for flight 372 to Atlanta.

Ambulances try to arrive within eight minutes of an emergency call.

Taking a long-distance call still causes a certain turbulence here.

He remained calm, made a call and forked out $ 700 of his own money for a plane ticket.

a crank call (=made by someone you do not know, as a joke or to annoy you ) The heavy breathing sounded like a crank call. an anonymous call (=in which the caller does not give their name ) The ВЈ10,000 demand was made in an anonymous call to his home. a hoax call (=one intended to trick someone ) They received a hoax call warning of a bomb in the building. an emergency call (=to the police, fire service, or ambulance service ) The police normally respond immediately to an emergency call. an international call a collect call American English (=one paid for by the person who receives it ) Can I make a collect call to Florida, please? incoming/outgoing calls (=coming into or going out of a place ) You have to dial 9 first to make an outgoing call.

a long-distance call IвЂ™d like to make a long-distance call.

#Call to arms meaning free#

a local call Local calls are free at weekends. a quick call This is just a quick call to make sure youвЂ™re OK. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + call a phone/telephone call I had a phone call from Barbara in Australia. put through a call (=transfer or make one ) She asked the switchboard to put the call through. transfer a call (=connect one to another personвЂ™s phone ) The call was transferred to his secretary.

expect a call SheвЂ™s expecting a phone call from Matt. return somebodyвЂ™s call (=call someone after they have tried to call you ) I left a message for her but she didnвЂ™t return my call. take a call (=answer one ) Monica took the call upstairs. answer a call WeвЂ™re sorry that we cannot answer your call right now. there is/was a call There was a phone call for you. get/have a call ( also receive a call formal ) At 11 in the evening we got a call from the police. give somebody a call (=phone someone ) IвЂ™ll give him a call later today. 10 в†’ have first call on something 11 в†’ the call of something 12 в†’ the call of nature в†’ be at somebodyвЂ™s beck and call, в†’ port of call, roll-call, wake-up call COLLOCATIONS verbs make a call He made a few calls and then went out. make a call (=decide something ) an easy/hard call (=an easy or difficult decision ) judgment call (=a decision based on your personal judgment of a situation ) 7 в†’ there isnвЂ™t much call for something 8 в†’ there is no call for something 9 TTA at an airport PLANE a message announced at an airport that a particular plane will soon leave This is the last call for flight BA872 to Moscow. b) DECIDE informal a decision DonвЂ™t just say what you think I would like. a call to arms (=an order for people to fight against an enemy ) 6 DECISION decision a) DS the decision made by a referee in a sports game make a good/bad call There may have been a few bad calls, but theyвЂ™re making them for a reason. call for somebody to do something There have been calls for the secretary to resign. pay/make a call (on somebody) (=visit someone ) 5 request/order ORDER/SEQUENCE a request or order for something or for someone to do something Members obediently answered the calls for funds. 2 в†’ be on call 3 SHOUT/CRY shout/cry a) HBA HBP a loud sound that a bird or animal makes SYN cry call of the call of an owl b) SHOUT a shout that you make to get someoneвЂ™s attention 4 visit VISIT a visit, especially for a particular reason Sorry, Doctor Pugh is out on a call at the moment.

S1 W1 noun 1 TELEPHONE telephone when you speak to someone on the telephone call for Were there any phone calls for me while I was out? call from I received a call from an old friend last week.