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answer the call

VERB

join an organization

Synonyms

WEAK

enlist join up sign on volunteer

Example Sentences

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Anyone who fails to answer the call or confirm an order risks losing their shares.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

There was no way Tennyson wouldn’t answer the call for duty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

It is an open question whether many Kurds will answer the call.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

"When the World No.1 challenges you, you answer the call," Kyrgios, 30, said.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

I felt myself struggling to awake to some call of my instincts; nay, my very soul was struggling, and my half-remembered sensibilities were striving to answer the call.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker