on call

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on call

phrase on-call

Available to be summoned. 1984-1986, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Know I cannot rely on him to do anything for me while recovering from my surgery. But Bridget & Maryellen are very willing to be on-call for me and even Jim/Kathleen are offering t
Similar: at call

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prep_phrase available to be summoned

Español	de guardia, de turno, disponible
中文	值班 zhíbān
Português	de sobreaviso, de plantão
Français	de garde
Deutsch	Bereitschaftsdienst habend, im Bereitschaftsdienst, Bereitschaft haben
Italiano	reperibile
Română	de gardă

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@misc{on_call_2026,
  title = {on call},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20call},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}