Meanings
alternative beckon call
- uncountableSummons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.
At his beck and call, he had a small fleet of waiters and servants.
2 more examples
The Traffic Regulating Officer thus has at his beck and call the assistance which he requires in deciding the extent to which restrictions on the acceptance and despatch of traffic are necessary.
1942 May-June, “Notes and News: L.N.E.R. Traffic Regulating Office”, in Railway Magazine, page 187As his employee, I would be at his beck and call, day and night.
2025 October 15, Virginia Giuffre, “‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Danish hoppe og springe for en, stå på pinde for en
- hoppe og springe for ensummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
- stå på pinde for ensummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
Dutch iemand op zijn wenken bedienen
- iemand op zijn wenken bedienensummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
German (freie) Verfügung
- (freie) Verfügungsummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
Hungarian egyetlen szavára/füttyentésére, rendelkezésére/szolgálatára áll
- egyetlen szavára/füttyentéséresummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
- rendelkezésére/szolgálatára állsummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
- lesi minden kívánságátsummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
- pöccresummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
Polish bycie na czyjeś zawołanie
- bycie na czyjeś zawołaniesummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
Portuguese à disposição
- à disposiçãosummons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
Russian на побегу́шках
- на побегу́шках (na pobegúškax)summons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant
Cite this entry
beck and call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beck%20and%20call
“beck and call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beck%20and%20call. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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