call the turn
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New Dealers Pearson & Allen began at $25 a week apiece, were soon cozy enough with the Democrats to call the turn of New Deal cards.
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Many critics call the turn by glibly referring to The Sea Gull as a tragedy of frustration.
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Nixon has often called diplomacy his "strong suit," the field in which he will "call the turn," and does not need another John Foster Dulles.
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I 'll hide behind 'em and listen; if he don't tell the story just like he did to me, why, we 'll call the turn on him.
From The Paternoster Ruby by Walk, Charles Edmonds
"I'll bet I can call the turn, eh, Jack?"
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by Barney, J. Stewart (John Stewart)