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| | {{head|en|verb|head=[[call]] [[time]]}} | | {{head|en|verb|head=[[call]] [[time]]}} |
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| − | # {{UK}} To announce the [[close|closing]] of a [[pub]] | + | # {{UK}} To announce the [[close|closing]] of a [[pub]]. |
| | #: ''Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord '''calls time'''.'' | | #: ''Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord '''calls time'''.'' |
| | # {{UK|journalism}} To end something. | | # {{UK|journalism}} To end something. |
| | #: ''The boxer is ready to '''call time''' on his long career.'' | | #: ''The boxer is ready to '''call time''' on his long career.'' |
| | # {{sports}} To [[call]] a [[timeout]]. | | # {{sports}} To [[call]] a [[timeout]]. |
| | + | # {{US|education}} To indicate that an activity, ''especially'' the taking of a test, is complete. |
| | + | #* '''2011''', Linda Schwartz Green and Diane Casale-Giannola, ''40 Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom, Grades K–5'', Corwin Press, ISBN 978-1-4129-8170-5, [http://books.google.com/books?id=4ut3WgDQjMgC&pg=PA104&dq=%22called+time%22 page 104]: |
| | + | #*: The teacher '''called time''', and there were a few groans. (Some children pleaded for more time, another just said it was really hard, and a few others agreed that this was really cool.) |
