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cattle call

idiom

An audition which is open to the public and thus draws a large number of applicants, many of whom are inexperienced.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all hat and no cattle

    Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

  2. 02

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  3. 03

    call a lid

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

  4. 04

    call a spade a spade

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

  5. 05

    call an audible

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

  6. 06

    call it

    To call it a day

  7. 07

    call it a day

    To cease an activity.

  8. 08

    call it a night

    To go to bed to sleep.

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