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Idiom

call to the bar

Meaning

Admission to practice in the courts.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She studied for years before her call to the bar.”

“After passing the final exams, he celebrated his official call to the bar with his family.”

“Following a rigorous period of pupillage, the young lawyer finally received her call to the bar, marking the formal commencement of her legal career.”

Examples

simple

“She studied for years before her call to the bar.”

contextual

“After passing the final exams, he celebrated his official call to the bar with his family.”

complex

“Following a rigorous period of pupillage, the young lawyer finally received her call to the bar, marking the formal commencement of her legal career.”

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