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call on
verb
To visit (a person); to pay a call to.
"I really should call on my aunt more often."
Similar: pay a visit, visit, wait on
To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.
"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.
"The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom."
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