Complete Definition of "call on"

English

Verb
call on
#idiom To visit somebody; to pay a call.
#:I really should call on my aunt more often.
#idiom In a classroom, to select a student
#:He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him.
#idiom To request or ask of somebody; to select for a task.
#:The boss called on him for quite a number of
#idiom To correct; to point out an error or untruth.
#:
The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it.''

fr:call on
it:call on

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