Call Idioms

(English Idioms & Sayings) CALL IDIOMS
call a meeting

- to request that a meeting be held
The board of directors will call a meeting for next week.

call a meeting to order

- to officially start a meeting
The president called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

call a spade a spade

- to speak bluntly
The supervisor called a spade a spade when he criticized the employee for being lazy.

call for (someone)

- to come and get someone
"Could you please come and call for me before you go to the game."

call for (someone or something)

- to require something, to need the services of someone
Our problems with the toilet call for a good plumber.

call it a day/night

- to quit work and go home
I called it a day and decided to go home early.

call it quits

- to stop, to finish
I called it quits and went home for the day.

call of nature

- the need to go to the toilet
The driver stopped his truck to answer the call of nature.

call off (something)

- to cancel something
The game was called off because of the rain.

call on (someone)

- to visit someone
I plan to call on my brother during my holidays.

call on (someone)

- to ask someone to participate in something or contribute something
The teacher called on me three times to answer questions in the class.

call out to (someone)

- to shout to someone
We called out to our friend at the concert but she did not hear us.

call (someone) in

- to ask someone for help, to call for special advice
We called in a special doctor to look at the patient.

call (someone or something) into question

- to dispute or cast doubt upon someone or something
The lawyer called the man's statement about his neighbor into question.

call (someone) names

- to call a person unpleasant names
The children began to call the new student names.

call (someone) on the carpet

- to call someone before an authority to be scolded or reprimanded
The salesman was called on the carpet by his boss for losing the big sale.

call (someone`s) bluff

- to challenge someone to prove that what they are saying is true
I decided to call the man's bluff and I asked him to show me the evidence.

call (something) in

- to collect something for payment, to withdraw something from circulation
The bank decided to call in the business loan.

call the shots

- to be in charge, to give orders
The vice-president is now calling the shots and is in control of the company.

call up (someone)

- to telephone someone
My friend said that he will call up his parents tomorrow night.

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