"answer the call" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: answers the call [present, singular, third-person], answering the call [participle, present], answered the call [participle, past], answered the call [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} answer the call (third-person singular simple present answers the call, present participle answering the call, simple past and past participle answered the call)
  1. To voluntarily perform a task or set of tasks with which one is confronted, especially when motivated by a sense of responsibility or duty. Related terms: answer the call of nature, rise to the occasion
    Sense id: en-answer_the_call-en-verb-aypac~VH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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