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after-call

after-call is the alternative form of aftercall.

Meaning of aftercall

Noun

aftercall (plural aftercalls)

  1. A subsequent call
    • It so happened that Christmas was near and I was invited to go to Basrah, so I used that for an excuse to not make an aftercall. Months later, when I was sitting in the hospital one day, a woman came throwing her black abba over my head.2010, Mary Bruins Allison, Sandra J. Shaw, Doctor Mary in Arabia: Memoirs
  2. A call for retribution arising subsequently to the commission of an offense (e.g. sin, crime, etc)

Forms of after-call

pluralafter-calls

Questions about after-call

What is after-call the alternative form of?
After-call is the alternative form of aftercall.

Words near after-call in the dictionary

  1. after-brains
  2. after-burden
  3. after-burdens
  4. after-burner
  5. after-burners
  6. after-call
  7. after-calls
  8. after-cast
  9. after-casts
  10. after-clap
  11. after-claps

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