call on

1. Make a request, ask for, choose, as in We are calling upon you to run for chairman , or The teacher called on Joe to answer . [c. 1400]

2. Pay a brief visit, as in The salesman said he'd call on me in the morning . Shakespeare had this usage in Antony and Cleopatra (1:4): “I'll call upon you ere you go to bed.” [Late 1500s]

Idioms and Phrases

Also, call upon .

Example Sentences

As part of Roberts’ plan to rebel against the uni-party, he called on the incoming administration to fully embrace and enlarge the military-industrial complex.

From Salon

He called on the government to "phase" in the increases in National Insurance and minimum wages for businesses "over the next two to three years" rather than in April next year.

From BBC

Parry also called on the Football Association to improve the pathway for the development of homegrown coaches after the appointment of German Thomas Tuchel as England manager.

From BBC

President Xi has called on officials to manage society's problems in order to prevent this type of thing happening again in the future.

From BBC

Just so much beautiful grace where I can still call on it.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ban
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• rebuff
• refuse
• refute
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