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curtain call

noun

  1. the appearance of the performers at the conclusion of a theatrical or other performance in response to the applause of the audience.
  2. each individual appearance of a performer at the end of a performance in response to prolonged applause.


curtain call

noun

  1. the appearance of performers at the end of a theatrical performance to acknowledge applause
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of curtain call1

First recorded in 1880–85
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“She has made her mark in our hearts and on her stages. It’s too soon for a curtain call but I know it’s a standing ovation,” Monsoon wrote.

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At the curtain call, they looked exhausted but, yes, happy.

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Coaxed by his teammates to make a curtain call, Ohtani emerged just as the pitch clock was about to expire in Baumann’s next at-bat.

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The show follows a university drama company trying to put on a 1920s Agatha Christie murder mystery in which the actors and crew battle to make it through to the curtain call.

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They bolted at the final note to get backstage for curtain calls and were met with cheers — not a given with European audiences alternately amazed, addled and appalled by reinvented works known as regietheater.

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