call to order

Idioms  

1. Formally open a meeting; also, bid people to obey the rules. For example, The chairman used his gavel to call everyone to order, or The judge called the spectators to order and threatened to make them leave. [Early 1800s]

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call to order

That led to loud laughter throughout the chamber and a call to order from Rep. Jake Fey, the transportation chair.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

“I now call to order the meeting of the candy,” Teigen says in the video.

From Fox News ● Jun. 4, 2019

“This chef doesn’t call to order something,” says Van Geloven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2019

Reprimanded for failing to ignore a call to order, he was thrown out of the chamber by house speaker David Carter.

From BBC ● May 11, 2016

I merely felt drawn in by those rattling, loose numbers needing their call to order.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver