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Call on

To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

📖 Definitions of "Call on"

verb
  1. 1

    To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

    "I really should call on my aunt more often."

  2. 2

    To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.

    "He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him."

  3. 3

    (also call upon) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.

    "The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom."

  4. 4

    (also call upon) To have recourse to.

    "Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength."

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