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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Examples of curtain call in a Sentence
The singer came back for one more curtain call.
Recent Examples of curtain call from the Web
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Smith and Justify took a curtain call before entering the winner’s circle.
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All are main characters in a sense, but Michael Cera’s hesitant, smartass security guard and Brian Tyree Henry’s grounded moral compass took center stage by curtain call.
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His two-run homer in the fifth against Rick Helling also netted him a curtain call.
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The actors could well have come out for their curtain call.
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Between curtain calls, Nézet-Séguin was seen backstage dancing along to the rhythmic hand-clapping coming from an audience that was on its feet.
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Beau Jordan and Nick Coomes had received their curtain calls, and there was just one senior left who hadn't gotten his moment Tuesday (May 16).
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After Betts made his curtain call, Yost removed Duffy with two outs in the seventh.
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But then, running up on to the stage for my curtain call at the end of the show, one of the loafers (damn Alexandra and her slightly wider feet) came flying off.
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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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