call to order

To formally begin or open (something), as of a meeting, trial, convention, etc. It is my pleasure to call to order our first meeting of the year!

call to order

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]

词组	call to order
释义	call to order call to order To formally begin or open (something), as of a meeting, trial, convention, etc. It is my pleasure to call to order our first meeting of the year! See also: call, order Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. call to order 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] See also: call, order The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: Can I have (one) call you? Could I have call you? a wake-up call wake-up call last call final call issue a call for issue a call for (something) marker call in (one's) marker
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