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call an audible

idiom

To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.


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  1. 01

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  2. 02

    call a lid

    To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.

  3. 03

    call a spade a spade

    To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are.

  4. 04

    call it

    To call it a day

  5. 05

    call it a day

    To cease an activity.

  6. 06

    call it a night

    To go to bed to sleep.

  7. 07

    call it an early night

    To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.

  8. 08

    call it stumps

    To decide to end an activity; to call it a day.

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