Meaning of call someone's number | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be assigned to carry the ball at the start of a play.
2. To focus on someone, asking them to prove themselves.
   broadly, idiomatic
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see call, number.

Examples

“So on the first play, I asked the quarterback to call my number on an end sweep.”

“Billy was shocked; he didn't get that call once during spring practice, and now, in the spring game, they want to call his number on the first play.”

“Now he told me that when the coach had diagrammed plays, he would move to the back of the huddle, in the hope that the coach wouldn't call his number.”

“I am glad to have that comment, Sir. I think you have about called our number on that.”

“"I'm sure about this one," I said. "I'm starting the preparations." “Ok, I'm calling your number on this one. I got your word, and everyone else is out of the way.””

“People have certainly died from laughing gas,” he says. “They can get into serious trouble using tanks and masks and they certainly shouldn’t be driving while doing it and should be careful round rivers and swimming pools,” he says. “But the second you get into saying people using nitrous in balloons is a massive issue, people will call your number on that, and they’re right. It’s a concern that it’s going up, the numbers of people using are quite stunning, but it’s not the most dangerous thing by a mile.””

“He called her number on his cell phone.”

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