pay a call on

pay a call on (someone or something)

To visit someone or something. We need to pay a call on Grandma and find out how her trip to Florida was.

See also: call, on, pay

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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, on, pay

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