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at someone's beck and call — at someone’s beck and call phrase available to do things for another person whenever they want Your mother can’t be at your beck and call all the time. Thesaurus: available and to be, or to become availablesynonym Main entry: beck * * * always… … Useful english dictionary
be at someone's beck and call — be at (someone s) beck and call to be always willing and able to do what someone asks you to do. She had a dozen servants at her beck and call. TV companies should not be at the beck and call of government ministers … New idioms dictionary
at someone's beck and call — at (someone s) beck and call ready to do whatever someone asks. Imagine what it s like to have a cook and a maid at your beck and call … New idioms dictionary
at someone's beck and call — If a person is at someone s beck and call, they are always ready to do things for them or obey orders to please them. Parents should not be at the beck and call of their children … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
at someone's beck and call — idi at someone s beck and call, subject to someone s every wish … From formal English to slang
beck — [ bek ] noun count BRITISH a small stream at someone s beck and call available to do things for another person whenever they want: Your mother can t be at your beck and call all the time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
at someone's beck and call — always having to be ready to obey someone s orders. → beck … English new terms dictionary
at someone's beck and call — available to do things for another person whenever they want Your mother can t be at your beck and call all the time … English dictionary
beck — beck1 /bek/, n. 1. a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone. 2. at someone s beck and call, ready to do someone s bidding; subject to someone s slightest wish: He has three servants at his beck and call. 3. Chiefly Scot. a bow or… … Universalium
beck — I [[t]bɛk[/t]] n. 1) a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone 2) scot. Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting • at someone s beck and call Etymology: 1325–75; ME, short var. of becnen to beckon II beck [[t]bɛk[/t]] n. brit. creek •… … From formal English to slang
