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Synonyms for call away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kawl

Phonetic Transcription : kɔl

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Définition of call away

Origin : early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.

As in distract : verb divert attention; confuse

Example sentences :

Mr. Hasker, call away the cutter's crew and have them in readiness.
Extract from : « The Monitor and the Merrimac » by J. L. Worden et al.

Call away the crews of the pinnace and first and second cutters.
Extract from : « Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships » by W.H.G. Kingston

"Call away the jolly-boat, and man her with an armed crew," said Harry.
Extract from : « No Moss » by Harry Castlemon

To call away attention from the place where the money's banked we decided to cause an upset pretty adjacent.
Extract from : « The Hero of Panama » by F. S. Brereton

What would I not have given at that moment, had a courier entered to call away my dancer.
Extract from : « Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War » by Mr Jkai

Happily on my estates they are good friends together, but I could not call away men from their homes, at a time like this.
Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty

Now, you know what youve got to expect, master, so call away as quick as you like; the dog will soon stop that game.
Extract from : « Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) » by Charles Dickens

Compliments are the makeshifts of the elderly to call away attention from their spindleshanks.
Extract from : « A Nest of Linnets » by Frank Frankfort Moore

He pretended a wrong sustained, that he might call away attention from a wrong which he designed.
Extract from : « The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 » by Thomas de Quincey

Capt. Jones saw that the ardor of his crew was beyond his control, and ordered the bugler to call away the boarders.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

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