call an audible

Definitions

1. 1

   To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

2. 2

   To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.

   • "We will be calling audibles every time we come to the line," one participant recalls [Condoleezza Rice] saying to [Bush] then.
   • We found this insurgency much more virile than we expected, so we called an audible.

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