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There will be not much context since I don't remember the exact novel it came from.

Two characters are talking after a hard day. The setting is close to the current time.

-How about a club?
-...call.

After that, the conversation has ended.

In the informal setting, is it widespread to use call in such a minimized form to mean it's your call, i.e. you decide?

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  • It's hard to know what they were talking about.
    – Old Brixtonian
    Nov 2, 2019 at 16:10
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    I've never heard one-word call used as a response meaning It's your call. I think more likely (particularly given preceding club, which can refer to a playing card suit) it's a loose allusion / "pun" to the same response in the context of, say, betting in a poker game. Modifying the semantics to suit the exact context, I'm tempted to interpret it as meaning [That's a] good call! with an allusion to I'm up for continuing [to bet, to interact socially, whatever].
    – FumbleFingers
    Nov 2, 2019 at 16:11
  • Barring any other context, the question is impossible to answer. If that's all I heard, I would assume the second sentence meant [give them a] call [and find out]. Or simply call [them]. I can think of no normal interpretation of only those two sentences that would mean it's your call. As opposed to the previous comment, which is also a valid interpretation since we have no context, I would interpret club to mean bar or lounge, and How about a club? to mean How about [we all go to] a club? And, overall, there are absent friends whose opinion is to be asked.
    – Jason Bassford
    Nov 5, 2019 at 4:15

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According to the comments, there are different possible interpretations given the lack of context.

Starting from call in its literal meaning and ending at the poker term meaning.

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