"call away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: to call away [canonical], calls away [present, singular, third-person], calling away [participle, present], called away [participle, past], called away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=to call away}} to call away (third-person singular simple present calls away, present participle calling away, simple past and past participle called away)
  1. To summon; to cause to depart.
    Sense id: en-call_away-en-verb-0VdhN04W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for call away meaning in English (1.2kB)

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        {
          "text": "I was called away from the meeting to deal with a medical emergency."
        },
        {
          "text": "The requirements of his career called him away."
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