"safety call" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: safety calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} safety call (plural safety calls)
  1. (dating) A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help. Synonyms (phone call): safecall
    Sense id: en-safety_call-en-noun-eetITmfh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'phone call': 92 8
  2. (billiards) A type of called shot where a shooting player does not have to continue their turn after pocketing one or more of their balls. Categories (topical): Billiards
    Sense id: en-safety_call-en-noun-JNTPOL0E Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Security
Disambiguation of Security: 0 0

Inflected forms

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