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phrasecall after1. call after sb to shout something to someone as they are moving away from you: "Please!" he called after her, "Don't leave me!" The clerk called after him, but he took no notice.2. call sb/sth after sb/sth usually passive BrE to give someone or something the same name as another person or thing, often a famous person or thing: He was called after St Francis of Assisi. The gallery is called after Mrs Boehm's late husband, Edward Boehm.■ SIMILAR TO: name after
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