Haha, of course! It didn't click until you used it in a sentence. I can see how you could hear it as "beckoned call". (In fact, if you do a search for it on google you will see that a *lot* of people think it's "beckoned call".)
It's funny how sayings can get mangled in our minds, often due to mishearing. Kids are really good at mangling expressions! I know I used to say some pretty strange things when I was a kid....