safety call

English

Noun

safety call (plural safety calls)

1. (dating) A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help.
   • 2003 April 24, Naia, “Dear Dom: Scared Off-line”, in Bondage.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 August 2011:

     When it reaches those times during your meeting, no matter how well things are going, make your safety-call to let them know you're doing ok.

   • 2006 August 10, Belle, “My first call”, in Belle's Blog‎^[2], retrieved 2011-11-15:

     We chit chat some small talk and I make my safety call.

   • 2007 February 2, Robin Smith, “Families Battle For Custody Of Dog”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3], archived from the original on 7 August 2008:

     Kvam said Lozinski failed to make her "safety call" to say she was OK after meeting Chichester that day.

   • 2008, Lena Matthews, chapter 5, in Head over Heels: A Cinderella Story, →ISBN, page 47:

     He was her safety call, something she was supposed to have done over an hour ago.

   • 2010, Kim Olver, Secrets of Happy Couples: Loving Yourself, Your Partner and Your Life, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ801.O48 2010, page 22:

     A good safety call is one in which your contact person has as much information as possible.

2. (billiards) A type of called shot where a shooting player does not have to continue their turn after pocketing one or more of their balls.

Synonyms

• (phone call): safecall