the call
A telephone call received (usually) in the small hours of the morning, usually bearing bad news about a close friend or family member -- most of the time, either they have died, are near death, and/or were involved in a terrible accident.
You better hope you never get "the call"......
the call
when you are doing something and you either get a call from the police or hospital that your friend has committed suicide
mom: "what's wrong honey?"
you: "I just got the call"
you: "I just got the call"
called it
To say something before it happen that you predicted would
Girl: im pregnant
Guy: called it
Guy: called it
Call it
To predict something before it happens, and subsequently state once the predicition actually occurs. Usually trivial like a plotline to a film, or a sports result.
Dude 1: Alright I'm gonna call it now: Darren's gone and gotten himself a shitty haircut.
Dude 2: OK then.
Darren: Hey guys, like my new haircut?
Dude 1: Fucking called it!
Dude 2: OK then.
Darren: Hey guys, like my new haircut?
Dude 1: Fucking called it!
calling it
Claiming rights to something. Like calling the last beer in the fridge, or the front seat in a car. Calling shotgun.
There's one beer left in the fridge, I'm calling it!
Yo mofo! Why you drinkin' that beer? I called it!
Yo mofo! Why you drinkin' that beer? I called it!
call it
To call it a day, to end the current task.
Right, I'm going to call it, that's enough for me.
calling it in
to do something half-assed, not bothering, doing the bare minimum
"i don't even care about that job, i'm more or less calling it in, when i do show up for work" -disgruntled employee