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Meaning of beck and call | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Summons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch (freie) Verfügung
Nederlands iemand op zijn wenken bedienen
Português à disposição
Русский на побегу́шках

Examples

“At his beck and call⟳, he had a small fleet of waiters and servants.”
“The Traffic Regulating Officer thus has at his beck and call⟳ the assistance which he requires in deciding the extent to which restrictions on the acceptance and despatch of traffic are necessary.”
“As his employee, I would be at his beck and call⟳, day and night.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Beck Foot Beck Hole Beck Hopelessness Scale Beck-Ibrahim disease Beck's cognitive triad Beck's scale

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