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at the beck and call of in American English at the service of; obedient to the wishes of See full dictionary entry for beck Examples of 'at the beck and call of' in a sentenceat the beck and call of We don't need to be at the beck and call of our family.Bankers are at the beck and call of their owners, the shareholders.She is no longer at the beck and call of editors, and can choose the work she wants to do.I like not being at the beck and call of appetites and the munchies, or having that solid feeling of being stuffed and glazed.It's nice not to be at the beck and call of clients or responsible for a team of assistants.We were expected to be in the home, at the beck and call of our husbands.The idea of exchanging that flexibility for a full-time job at the beck and call of new routing technology did not appeal one bit.It makes them dependent and at the beck and call of all those who feel the urge to give.People who are at the beck and call of the public need to go back to the simple pleasures, to a bit of family life. |