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safety calls

safety calls is the plural of safety call.

Meaning of safety call

Noun

safety call (plural safety calls)

  1. (dating) A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help.
    • When it reaches those times during your meeting, no matter how well things are going, make your safety-call to let them know you're doing ok.2003 April 24, Naia, “Dear Dom: Scared Off-line”, in Bondage.com, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2011
    Synonyms:
    safecall
  2. A type of called shot where a shooting player does not have to continue their turn after pocketing one or more of their balls.

Questions about safety calls

What is safety calls the plural of?
Safety calls is the plural of safety call.

Words near safety calls in the dictionary

  1. safety buoy
  2. safety buoys
  3. safety cage
  4. safety cages
  5. safety call
  6. safety calls
  7. safety car
  8. safety card
  9. safety cards
  10. safety cars
  11. safety catch

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