curtain call

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curtain call (plural curtain calls)

  1. The moment at the end of a performance when actors come back on the stage and thank the audience for applauding them for their performance.
    • 1977, Freddie Mercury (lyrics and music), “We Are the Champions”, in News of the World, performed by Queen:
      I've taken my bows / And my curtain calls

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