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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | At one's beck, at one's beck and call; friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed; neighborly; obliging; (benevolent). |
Obedience | Adjective: obedient; complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call; under beck and call, under control. |
Subjection | Adjective: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved; Verb: constrained; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call; (obedient); liable; parasitical; stipendiary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL": have smb. at one's beck and call. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | faire marcher qn la baguette (have smb. at one's beck and call). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 自家薬 中の物 (complete mastery of or over), 薬 中の物 (complete mastery of or over). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | やくろうちゅうのもの (complete mastery of or over), じかやくろうちゅうのもの (complete mastery of or over). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | atay one'say eckbay anday allcay | ||||
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