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call

See:

AT CALL,

AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL,

CLOSE CALL,

ON CALL,

PORT OF CALL,

POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK,

WITHIN CALL.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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