oncall
- Supported by everyone after onset of COVID-19 - like some doctors?
- Ready to work at any time, almost every
- Ready if needed
- Available when summoned
- Available for service
- Available to work
- Available for emergencies
- Standing by in readiness
- Ready, like a doctor
- Ready in case of an emergency
- Prepared to respond
- Prepared to be summoned
- Like surgeons, sometimes
- Like some beeper carriers
- Like many doctors
- Beepable, as a doctor
- Beepable as a doctor
- '07 Kings of Leon "Because of the Times" hit
- Available for duty
- Available, in a way
- At home, but available
- Like some doctors
- Available, as a doctor
- Away, but not completely off-duty
- Available for work
- Standing by, in a way
- Like many hospital doctors
- Ready at any time
- Ready for an emergency
- Available if needed
- Reachable by pager
- At the ready
- Available, as for work
- Readily available, as a doctor
- In the bullpen
Usage examples of "oncall".
I could see Craig Fleisher, the oncall medical examiner, walking toward us.