at someone's beck and call

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• at someone's beck and call — at someone’s beck and call phrase available to do things for another person whenever they want Your mother can’t be at your beck and call all the time. Thesaurus: available and to be, or to become availablesynonym Main entry: beck * * * always… …   Useful english dictionary

• at someone's beck and call — at (someone s) beck and call ready to do whatever someone asks. Imagine what it s like to have a cook and a maid at your beck and call …   New idioms dictionary

• at someone's beck and call —    If a person is at someone s beck and call, they are always ready to do things for them or obey orders to please them.     Parents should not be at the beck and call of their children …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• at someone's beck and call — idi at someone s beck and call, subject to someone s every wish …   From formal English to slang

• be at someone's beck and call — be at (someone s) beck and call to be always willing and able to do what someone asks you to do. She had a dozen servants at her beck and call. TV companies should not be at the beck and call of government ministers …   New idioms dictionary

• at someone's beck and call — available to do things for another person whenever they want Your mother can t be at your beck and call all the time …   English dictionary

• beck and call — Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• beck and call —    Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Beck and call —   Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call …   Dictionary of English idioms

• at someone's beck and call — always having to be ready to obey someone s orders. → beck …   English new terms dictionary

• be at beck and call — be at (someone s) beck and call to be always willing and able to do what someone asks you to do. She had a dozen servants at her beck and call. TV companies should not be at the beck and call of government ministers …   New idioms dictionary