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call in collapse: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"; summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"; summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"; take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

numerate collapse: able to understand and use numbers; read out loud as words written numbers

reveille collapse: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise; (military) signal to wake up

syncopation collapse: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm; a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

putter collapse: the iron normally used on the putting green; a golfer who is putting; move around aimlessly; do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

sign up collapse: join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"

temporize collapse: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

hesitate collapse: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

big time collapse: the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment)

syncope collapse: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

in time collapse: in the correct rhythm; "the dancers moved in time with the music"; without being tardy; "we made it to the party in time"

anon collapse: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"; at another time; "ever and anon"

page collapse: one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains; in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood; a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings; a boy who is employed to run errands; United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922); English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962); call out somebody's name over a P.A. system; work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

presto collapse: (of tempo) very fast; suddenly; "Presto! begone! 'tis here again"- Swift; at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)

day by day collapse: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day"

while collapse: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

once collapse: on one occasion; "once I ran into her"; at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";; as soon as; "once we are home, we can rest"

selective service collapse: an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

war cry collapse: a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle; a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"

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