AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL

Meaning of AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL in English

obedient to the wishes of, subject to someone's requests or commands

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — phrasal ready to obey one's command immediately
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — : ready to obey one's command immediately
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — ready to obey one's command immediately
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — = at the beck and call of {adj. phr.} Ready and willing to do whatever someone asks; ready to serve …
Slang English vocab
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL — adj. phr. Ready and willing to do whatever someone asks; ready to serve at a moment's notice. A good parent …
American Idioms English vocabulary
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BECK — riverette; (nod) signe
English interlingue dictionary
BECK — I. noun see: phobia Date: 14th century creek 2, II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, alteration of beknen Date: 14th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALL — I. ˈkȯl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English callen, probably from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hilde …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BECK — I. ˈbek noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bek, from Old Norse bekkr; akin to Old English bæc brook, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BECK — (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
Английский словарь Webster
BECK — (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a …
Английский словарь Webster
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALL — /kawl/ , v.t. 1. to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BECK — beck 1 /bek/ , n. 1. a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone. 2. at someone's beck and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALL — I. ˈkȯl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hilde calla battle herald, Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BECK — I. ˈbek noun Etymology: Middle English bek, from Old Norse bekkr; akin to Old English bæc brook, Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALL — noun ·see assessment, 4. 2. call ·noun vocation; employment. 3. call ·noun a divine vocation or summons. 4. call ·vi …
Webster English vocab
BECK — noun a small brook. 2. beck ·noun ·see beak. 3. beck ·noun a vat. ·see back. 4. beck ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
CALL — [call] vb [ME, fr. ON kalla; akin to OE hildecalla battle herald, OHG kallon to talk loudly, OCS glasu voice] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BECK — [beck] n [ME bek, fr. ON bekkr; akin to OE baec brook, OHG bah, Lith begti to flee--more at phobia] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BECK — beck, Beck BrE AmE bek ▷ becks beks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALL — / kɔːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb GIVE NAME 1. to give sb/sth a particular name; to use …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BECK — / bek; NAmE / noun ( BrE , dialect ) a small river SYN stream • IDIOMS - at sb's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CALL — I. call 1 S1 W1 /kɔːl $ kɒːl/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BECK — beck /bek/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: beckon ] 1 . be at sb’s beck and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CALL — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BECK — n. poet. a gesture requesting attention, e.g. a nod, wave, etc. øat a person's beck and call having constantly to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CALL — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BECK — n. poet. a gesture requesting attention, e.g. a nod, wave, etc. at a person's beck and call having constantly to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
CALL — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (often foll. by out) cry, shout; speak loudly. b (of a bird or …
Oxford English vocab
BECK — 1. n. N.Engl. a brook; a mountain stream. Etymology: ME f. ON bekkr f. Gmc 2. n. poet. a gesture …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALL — ( calls, calling, called) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BECK — If one person is at another’s beck and call , they have to be constantly available and ready to do …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a personal call ▪ Are you sure your boss doesn’t mind your using the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BECK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB call ▪ The station had at its beck and call a talented pool of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BECK — Synonyms and related words : adolescent stream, arroyo, bearing, beck and call, beckon, bidding, body language, bourn, braided stream, branch, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BECK — See: AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL.
Slang English vocab
CALL — n. 25B6; verb Wait for me! she called : CRY (OUT), shout, yell, bellow, roar, bawl, scream, vociferate; informal holler. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CALL — v. 1 shout, cry (out), hail, yell, roar, bellow, call out, Colloq holler I heard someone calling my name 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BECK — See: AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL.
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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BECK — I 1. сущ. 1) кивок; приветствие рукой; манящий жест Syn : bow, curtsy 2) приказ, приказание, распоряжение Syn : summons, …
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