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calls an audible

calls an audible is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call an audible.

Meaning of call an audible

Verb

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

  1. To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
  2. (US, idiomatic) To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.
    • Mr. Krosnick explained with the help of a football analogy. "If somebody called an audible, we'd be right there[…]It has always been that way. We never did that much planning. All the talk and analysis was intended to outline the parameters of our instincts."1997 October 29, James R. Oestreich, “Juilliard Quartet's Musical Chairs; Sounding Board for the New, Strings Attached to the Old”, in The New York Times

Questions about calls an audible

What is calls an audible the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls an audible is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call an audible.

Words near calls an audible in the dictionary

  1. calls a spade a shovel
  2. calls a spade a spade
  3. calls a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel
  4. calls a spade a spade, not a big spoon
  5. calls ahead
  6. calls an audible
  7. calls around
  8. calls away
  9. calls back
  10. calls balls and strikes
  11. calls collect

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