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.
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at (someone's) beck and call

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aod-Biblical Greek
Ninoslav-Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
NancyNANT-seeEnglish
MarvinMAHR-vin (English), MAHR-veen (German)English, German
NÓRa-Hungarian, Irish
Derval-Irish