called away
Pulled from here
Called away means summoned elsewhere, typically by obligation or urgent circumstance.
The phrase implies reluctant departure from one's current activity: She was called away from dinner to handle an emergency at work.
It often serves as a polite explanation for someone's absence: The doctor has been called away.
- dispatchedSent to a destination
- divertedTurned from original path
- interruptedBroken mid-course
- evacuatedWithdrew from danger
- assignedGiven as duty
mobilized · requisitioned · deployed · alerted · fetched · redirected · rushed · tasked · hurried · instructed · delegated · demanded · appointed · distracted · pressed · alarmed · paused · refocused
called awaycalled back
Returned a phone contact
called in · recalled · summoned · brought back · beckoned
called awaystayed put
Continued in place
walked out · walked away · took leave · resigned · quit
called awaystayed put
Continued in place
held back · detained · anchored · stuck around · kept on
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