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call to order

  1. Formally open a meeting; also, bid people to obey the rules. For example, The chairman used his gavel to call everyone to order, or The judge called the spectators to order and threatened to make them leave. [Early 1800s]



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And the signs, hundreds of them, have been a showcase feature of the convention since it was called to order Monday in Chicago.

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That led to loud laughter throughout the chamber and a call to order from Rep. Jake Fey, the transportation chair.

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The caucus will be called to order, and the caucusgoers’ first order of official business will be to elect a chair to oversee the proceedings.

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“This court is now called to order,” she said.

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The session was called to order a few minutes before 4:20 p.m., and Rabon didn’t debate the bill: “I was watching the clock.”

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