Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call away

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.26 in modern English

Syllables: cal-l -away
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To summon; to cause to depart.

Example Sentences

"I was called away from the meeting to deal with a medical emergency."
"The requirements of his career called him away."

Inflected Forms

to call away (canonical) calls away (present, singular) calling away (participle, present) called away (participle, past) called away (past)

Questions

What does call away mean?: To summon; to cause to depart.

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