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verb

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

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

   Synonyms:pay a visitvisitwait on

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

   Example: 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.

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

4. (also call upon) To have recourse to.

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

   Synonyms:summon up