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Call on

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To visit (a person); to pay a call to. idiomatic, transitive

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

  2. 2
    have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to wordnet
  3. 3
    To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer. idiomatic, transitive

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

  4. 4
    to visit someone, usually for a short time wordnet
  5. 5
    To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task. idiomatic, transitive

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

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  1. 6
    To have recourse to. idiomatic, transitive

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

  2. 7
    To correct; to point out an error or untruth. ditransitive, idiomatic, transitive

    "The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it."

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