Idiom
call roll
Meaning
To make a roll call; to take attendance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The teacher will call roll at the start of class.”
“Please stay in your seats while the professor begins to call roll for the lecture.”
“The sergeant began to call roll, his voice echoing through the quiet barracks as he verified that every soldier was present for duty.”
Examples
simple
“The teacher will call roll at the start of class.”
contextual
“Please stay in your seats while the professor begins to call roll for the lecture.”
complex
“The sergeant began to call roll, his voice echoing through the quiet barracks as he verified that every soldier was present for duty.”
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