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calling to the bar

calling to the bar is the present participle and gerund of call to the bar.

Meaning of call to the bar

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To admit (someone) to practice in the courts.

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Verb capitalized: calling to the Bar

calling to the Bar

  1. (participle, present) present participle of call to the Bar

Questions about calling to the bar

What is calling to the bar the present participle and gerund of?
Calling to the bar is the present participle and gerund of call to the bar.
What part of speech is calling to the bar?
Calling to the bar is a verb.

Words near calling to the bar in the dictionary

  1. calling to
  2. calling to account
  3. calling to mind
  4. calling to order
  5. calling to task
  6. calling to the bar
  7. calling together
  8. calling up
  9. calling upon
  10. calling-card
  11. calling-cards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calling to the bar (page history and authors); calling to the Bar (page history and authors); call to the bar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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