Definition of curtain call
: an appearance by a performer (as after the final curtain of a play) in response to the applause of the audience
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The singer came back for one more curtain call.
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Besides, Harrelson is working just a 20-game curtain call this year to cap his broadcasting career and this was the first of those.
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Levy finishes the first act alone, but at curtain call her stage sister is back to give her a hug.
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By the time beach balls came raining down on audience members during a curtain call reprise of Fins, many were already dancing in the aisles and their seats, swatting the inflatable toys and making shark fins with their arms.
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However, the teenager's spell with the club has now come to an end, with his 70-minute outing in the club's 6-2 youth defeat to Arsenal on February 10 his final curtain call.
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Despite references to current politics (there’s a nice surprise after the curtain call, so stick around), the lack of thematic unity turns out to be more damaging than the Encores!
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Robbins joins the cast at the curtain call to ignite a discussion with the audience.
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The sun begins to set—a curtain call of sorts—and the boats and planes disappear into the horizon.
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Their hurled insults would often devolve into physical violence, until finally one night Vélez punched Holman in the face at curtain call.
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First Known Use of curtain call
1884
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Definition of curtain call for English Language Learners
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: the time when a performer returns to the stage at the end of a performance in response to the applause of the audience
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