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pay a call on

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pay a call on someone
to visit someone. Grandmother always paid us a call on Sundays. Let's pay a call on Mary at the hospital.
See also: call, pay
pay a call on somebody/something
to go somewhere to see someone or something The president paid a call on US troops stationed in the region on Sunday.
Related vocabulary: pay (somebody/something) a visit
See also: call, pay


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Bast, 'I have to pay a call on some friends,' and Mrs.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
For they were to pick up Miss Bartlett at Summer Street, where she had been dropped as the carriage went down, to pay a call on Mr.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
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