pay (someone or something) a call Idiom

a close call

close to danger or an accident That was a close call. The train nearly hit the bus!

a tough call

a difficult decision, a hard choice Was the goal scored before the game ended? It's a tough call.

above and beyond the call of duty

much more than expected, go the extra mile Her extra work was above and beyond the call of duty.

at your beck and call

serving you, doing everything for you You don't have to be at his beck and call, doing whatever he asks.

beck and call

(See at your beck and call)

beyond the call of duty

(See above and beyond the call of duty)

call a spade a spade

"say it in plain language; the straight goods" Kris will report the facts. She's not afraid to call a spade a spade.

call attention to

ask you to read or notice, draw attention to I would like to call attention to the student parking problem.

call for

require, ask for This recipe calls for bee pollen. Where can we get that?

call his bluff

challenge his story, give it to me straight, put up or shut up When I called his bluff about low profits, he admitted that the company made 11 million.

pay (someone or something) a call

To appointment addition or something, abnormally for a short, affable bulk of time. We charge to pay Grandma a alarm ancient soon—this is her aboriginal Christmas aback Grandpa died, and I'm abiding she would acknowledge some company. I consistently like to pay my audience a alarm aback I biking to their cities on business.Learn more: call, pay

pay a call

Euph. to go to the toilet; to leave to go to the toilet. (Learn added pay a alarm on someone.) Excuse me. I accept to pay a call. Tom larboard to pay a call. He should be aback soon.Learn more: call, pay

pay a call

Also, pay a visit; pay one's respects. Make a abbreviate visit, abnormally as a academic address or for business reasons. For example, Bill asked her to pay a alarm to his ex-mother-in-law, or Each salesman was told to pay a appointment to every new doctor in town, or We went to the deathwatch to pay our respects. Also see call on, def. 2. Learn more: call, pay

pay a call

go to the lavatory. euphemisticLearn more: call, pay

pay a call

tv. to go to the toilet; to leave to go to the toilet. (Learn added call of nature, nature’s call.) Excuse me. I accept to pay a call. Learn more: call, pay

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