at someone's beck and call
- 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 available
synonym
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always having to be ready to obey someone's orders immediately
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at someone's beck and call (or at the beck and call of someone)
: always ready to do whatever someone asks
He expects his employees to be at his beck and call day and night.
She is at the beck and call of the committee.
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at someone's beck and call — see
↑beck, 1
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Useful english dictionary.
2012.
Look at other dictionaries:
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
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 — 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 and call — Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call … The small dictionary of idiomes
beck and call — Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Beck and call — Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call … Dictionary of English idioms
at someone's beck and call — always having to be ready to obey someone s orders. → beck … English new terms dictionary
be at 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
