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first call

first call noun: priority on the use of somebody or something, especially an actor if required in a production.

Noun

first call (uncountable)

  1. Priority on the use of somebody or something, especially an actor if required in a production.
    • Fairbanks obviously had the power to dictate because his contract, and an amended one with Griffith, gave him first call on me as a dentist while Griffith retained first call on my services as an actor.2000, Charles Foster, Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood, page 51
    • In these conditions, however, you must be sensitive to the actor's need to do other work: you've got to let them go up for auditions and earn money in other ways, and only the most megalomaniac director thinks that he has 'first call' on his actors' time.2004, Stephen Unwin, So You Want to be a Theatre Director?, page 77

first call meaning in Tamil

first call in Tamil

முதல் அழைப்பு

Questions about first call

What does first call mean?
First call means priority on the use of somebody or something, especially an actor if required in a production.
What is first call in Tamil?
First call in Tamil is முதல் அழைப்பு. See First call meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is first call?
First call is a noun.

Words near first call in the dictionary

  1. first bests
  2. first bite free
  3. First Bloke
  4. First Blokes
  5. first blood
  6. first call
  7. First Cat
  8. first catch your hare
  9. First Cats
  10. first cause
  11. first causes

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