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call on someone 1. to ask someone to do something. The governor called on the public to use less water during this dry weather. The teacher called on me with a tough question, and I didn't know the answer. 2. to visit someone. Part of my job was to go out and call on farmers, to see how they were doing. See also: call |
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Yes, P-t-r, when you call on a young lady and her mother offers you a slice of bread and jam it is quite polite for you to accept it. As if he did not know that this idiot will call on them tomorrow to renew his offers of money and friendship. When Kearns laid down his hand it showed a bobtail flush, while Harnish's hand proved that he had had the nerve to call on a pair of tens. |
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