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Idiom: Call On

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

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

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

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

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

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

(also call upon) To have recourse to.

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

To correct; to point out an error or untruth.

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

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