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To predict something a while before it happens, and then be credited for it.
She called it long before I knew where it was going.
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when you are doing something and you either get a call from the police or hospital that your friend has committed suicide
mom: "what's wrong honey?"
you: "I just got the call"
In Australian english it means to drop by at a particular place
I'm going to call in to my mate's place before I head home
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In poker and some other card games: to ask to see the cards in another player's hand. This ends the bidding and the hand and reveals the winner.
This is closely related to the more general phrase: to call a bluff.
After the bidding went three rounds of raises, I called -- and lost my shirt.
He said he'd strip and streak through the championship football game for a hundred bucks. I didn't think he'd really do it so I put my money on the table and called his bluff. He lost his shirt and the rest of his clothes. And I lost $100.
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To lay claim to something or someone, secure right of ownership. A spoken agreement between friends that gives the person calling something rights to the thing/person called, without the other friends interfering.
"Damn that bitch is hot, I call it"
"Shit, I was really hopin to tap that ass"
"And don't even think about kieling that shit either"
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1. a call on a telphone or cell phone
2. a decison or prediction
The rain stopped just as you said, good call.
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