call (one) to attention
call (one) to attention
To instruct military personnel to stand at attention (which, in most cases, means looking forward and standing erect with one's arms at one's sides). The troops abruptly stopped marching when the drill sergeant called them to attention.
See also: attention, call
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
call someone to attention
to demand that someone assume the formal military stance of attention. The officer called the platoon to attention. The sergeant called us to attention.
See also: attention, call
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- call to attention
- grip (one's) attention
- snap to
- snap to (attention)
- snap to attention
- attention
- get (one's) attention
- turn (one's) mind to (something)
- hold (one's) attention
- hold attention