call on

Meaning

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To visit (a person); to pay a call to.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To have recourse to.
  5. (ditransitive, idiomatic, transitive) To correct; to point out an error or untruth.

Synonyms

visit
A2
see
A1
👀
drop in
attend
B2
stop by
drop by
meet
A1
call
A1
turn
A1
interview
B1
invite
B1
wait on

look in

call at

look up

drop in on

pay visit

pay a visit
plead
C1
rise
B1
stop
A1
🛑
urge
C1
visitation
C2
watch
A1
⌚
call upon
wait upon

be offered

make a visit

break the journey

come to meet

look someone up

summon
C1
accrue
advance
B2
appeal
B2
appreciate
A2

be promoted

bid
B2
challenge
B1
climb up
commend
C2
conjure
C2
dial
B2
enter
B1
go up
hail
B2
improve
B2
invoke
C2
Translations

visiter
besuchen
bezoeken
visitare
visitar
visitar
visitar

fazer visita

passer chez

anrufen
herausfordern
gehen
heranziehen
vorbeischauen
زار

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