hear the call of the wild

idiom

: to feel a desire to go out to wild places far away from most people

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“Hear the call of the wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hear%20the%20call%20of%20the%20wild. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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