at beck and call



at someone's beck and call

ready to obey someone. What makes you think I wait around here at your beck and call? I have to leave for work, you know! It was a fine hotel. There were dozens of maids and waiters at our beck and call.
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at somebody's beck and call

ready to do whatever someone asks Imagine what it's like to have a cook and a maid at your beck and call.
See also: and, beck, call

at (someone's) beck and call

Ready to comply with any wish or command.
See also: and, beck, call

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Saunders['sɔ:ndəs]
Balder-Norse Mythology
Orinthia-Literature
BeatrixBE-ah-triks (German), BAY-ah-triks (Dutch), BEE-ə-triks (English)German, Hungarian, Dutch, English (Rare), Late Roman
KĘStutis-Lithuanian
Federigofe-de-REE-goItalian