being completely available to someone when needed
to immediately respond when called upon by a particular person
to make one’s self immediately available on the request of another person
ready to perform tasks for someone immediately it is demanded
No matter what time of day it is, she is always at his beck and call.
Whatever you need, I’ll be on your beck and call to provide them.
The servants at the palace are at the beck and call of the king and the entire royal family.
With his personal assistant on his beck and call, Adam was able to get a lot of work done in the office today.
There is no origin for this idiom
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