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call roll

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call (the) roll and take (the) roll
to call the names of people from a list of those enrolled, expecting them to reply if they are present. After I call the roll, please open your books to page 12. I will take roll, and then we will do arithmetic.
See also: call, roll


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If you call roll for true icons of rock and roll, it wouldn''t take long to come to Ringo Starr, who''s been thrilling crowds all over the world for decades.
The first challenge: Half of the kids don't have the capacity to sit long enough for the teachers to call roll.
He signed up for varsity sports in 1954 - the first year they were offered at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys - simply because he and his best friend knew the coaches didn't call roll, and they figured nobody would notice if they cut class.
 
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