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a nod or a beck ??? could you pls explain the meaning of this expression?

"Not by a nod or a beck did the waiters embarrass him..."

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Re: a nod or a beck ??? could you pls explain the meaning of this expression?

nod or a beck , this is an idiom means : ready to obey somebody's order. the sentence means that the waiter did obey his order.
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