Phrase guide

on call

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Available to be summoned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: de guàrdia — available to be summoned
  • Chinese Mandarin: 值班 (zhíbān) — available to be summoned
  • Danish: på tilkaldevagt — available to be summoned
  • Finnish: päivystää — available to be summoned
  • French: de garde — available to be summoned
  • German: Bereitschaftsdienst habend — available to be summoned
  • German: im Bereitschaftsdienst — available to be summoned
  • German: Bereitschaft haben — available to be summoned
  • Hungarian: készenlétben — available to be summoned
  • Hungarian: ügyeletben — available to be summoned
  • Hungarian: készültségben — available to be summoned
  • Italian: reperibile — available to be summoned
  • Polish: na zawołanie — available to be summoned
  • Portuguese: de sobreaviso — available to be summoned
  • Portuguese: de plantão — available to be summoned
  • Romanian: de gardă — available to be summoned
  • Serbo-Croatian: dežuran — available to be summoned
  • Spanish: de guardia — available to be summoned
  • Spanish: de turno — available to be summoned
  • Spanish: disponible — available to be summoned
  • Swedish: på jour — available to be summoned
  • Swedish: bakjour — available to be summoned