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Definition of
on-call
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
on-call
[
only before noun
]
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(
of a doctor, police officer, etc.
)
available for work if necessary, especially in an emergency
on-call doctors
see
call
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on-call
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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call on
phrasal verb
(be) on call
Phrasal verbs
call on
phrasal verb
Idioms
(be) on call
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on-air
adjective
on-board
adjective
on-call
once
adverb
once
conjunction