Meaning of on call | Babel Free

Definitions

Available to be summoned.

Equivalents

Examples

“1984-1986, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Know I cannot rely on him to do anything for me while recovering from my surgery. But Bridget & Maryellen are very willing to be on-call for me and even Jim/Kathleen are offering their place for me to come over.”

“He spent the weekend on call and couldn't fully relax.”

“Get the surgeon on call in here right now!”

“Who is on call tonight?”

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