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call on

verb
  1. 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

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

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

  3. (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."

Synonymscorrect, pay a visit, visit, wait on, summon up

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