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

When asked by an analyst about Spotify’s scale, reach and engagement being smaller than YouTube’s, Spotify Chief Executive Daniel Ek said on an earnings call on Tuesday that “people make it out to be the winner-takes-all dynamic in that there’s only one player that can solve all of it,” but what creators want is to be on multiple platforms.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

“It reminds customers across age groups that Starbucks serves the best coffee,” Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, told investors during the company’s earnings call on Oct.

From Salon

And his voice call on the Freeman walk-off grand slam and the Walker Buehler final strike will forever be indelibly stamped in the Dodger history of success and achievement.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump has already spoken to Zelensky since winning the US election - the pair held a phone call on Wednesday with billionaire Elon Musk also taking part.

From BBC

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