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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Example Sentences

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’d like to think that if the feds had broken down my door and hauled me to jail, I would have used my one phone call to order a pizza, too.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

“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

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver