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call the question

call the question verb: to end a period of debate on an issue by requiring a decision to be made with respect to that issue.

Verb

call the question (third-person singular simple present calls the question, present participle calling the question, simple past and past participle called the question)

  1. To end a period of debate on an issue by requiring a decision to be made with respect to that issue.

Forms of call the question

third-person singular presentcalls the question
present participlecalling the question
past participlecalled the question
pastcalled the question

Questions about call the question

What does call the question mean?
Call the question means to end a period of debate on an issue by requiring a decision to be made with respect to that issue.
What part of speech is call the question?
Call the question is a verb.
What is the past tense of call the question?
The past tense of call the question is called the question.

Words near call the question in the dictionary

  1. call stacks
  2. call the ball
  3. call the fire brigade
  4. call the fire department
  5. call the police
  6. call the question
  7. call the shots
  8. call the tune
  9. call them as one sees them
  10. call time
  11. call times

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