take a call
51Call Control eXtensible Markup Language — (CCXML) is an XML standard designed to provide telephony support to VoiceXML. Its current status is a W3C Working Draft, adopted 19 January 2007. Where as VoiceXML is designed to provide a Voice User Interface to a voice browser, CCXML is… …
52call the shots (or tune) — take the initiative in deciding how something should be done. → call …
53call the shots — ► call the shots (or tune) take the initiative in deciding how something should be done. Main Entry: ↑call …
54call the tune — ► call the shots (or tune) take the initiative in deciding how something should be done. Main Entry: ↑call …
55call somebody away — ˌcall sb aˈway derived to ask sb to stop what they are doing and to go somewhere else • She was called away from the meeting to take an urgent phone call. Main entry: ↑callderived …
56take sb out on strike — call/take/lead sb out on strike ► if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions,… …
57take/lead sb out on strike — call/take/lead sb out on strike ► if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions,… …
58take something in good part — take (something) in good part British if you take criticism or jokes in good part, you are not upset or annoyed by them. His friends used to call him Big Ears but he took it all in good part …
59take in good part — take (something) in good part British if you take criticism or jokes in good part, you are not upset or annoyed by them. His friends used to call him Big Ears but he took it all in good part …
60call in sick (to) — Take a day off from work. ► “According to a survey conducted by the Gallup Organization, 24% of employed adults say that they call in sick at least once a year when they are not really sick.” (HR Magazine, May 1995, p. 20) …
