I s that ice cream sundae beckoning you? Want to forget your no-sweet diet and go for that extra creamy, luscious sundae?
An ice cream sundae that beckons you? What does the word beckon mean? Well, literally, beckon is move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come near. It’s a physical sign which means come here.
Come closer
Example: The police officer beckoned the young man to his counter.
The ice cream sundae looked so inviting that it seemed to beckon you.
In the phrase beck and call, which originated in the early 1800s, beck means to beckon . So if you are at someone’s beck and call, you respond immediately; it implies that you are completely giving in.
As for the ice cream sundae that seemed to beckon you, I have only one thing to say — you really don’t have to be at its beck and call. You can very well say NO to it! Remember the no-sweet diet you are on!
