call+upon

  • 41call on — or[call upon] {v.} 1. To make a call upon; visit. * /Mr. Brown called on an old friend while he was in the city./ 2. To ask for help. * /He called on a friend to give him money for the busfare to his home./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42call to order — verb open formally the chairman called the meeting to order by pounding his gavel • Hypernyms: ↑open • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * phrasal : to request to come to order: as …

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  • 43Call —    1) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to call upon the name of the Lord (Acts 2:21; 7:59; 9:14; Rom. 10:12; 1 Cor. 1:2).    2) God calls with respect to men when he designates them to some special office (Ex. 31:2;… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 44call on — verb have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to (Freq. 8) She called on her Representative to help her She turned to her relatives for help • Syn: ↑turn • Hypernyms: ↑appeal, ↑invoke …

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  • 45call on — phrasal 1. to call upon 2. to elicit a response from (as a student) < the teacher called on her first > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 46call in — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To collect] Syn. revoke, remove, receive; see collect 4 , withdraw 2 . 2. [To invite] Syn. ask for, request, solicit, call upon; see consult , summon 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 47call on — v. visit; call upon; ask a person for an answer in class (as in The teacher always calls on me in class because she thinks I always know the answer ) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48call on — 1. Invoke, appeal to, pray to, call upon. 2. Solicit, apply to. 3. Make a visit to, pay a visit to …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 49call on/upon — [phrasal verb] 1 call on/upon (someone or something) : to ask (someone or something) to do something : to say that someone or something should do something followed by to + verb The opposition has called on/upon the governor to resign. [=the&#8230; …

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  • 50Call of Duty: Finest Hour — North American Xbox cover art Developer(s) Spark Unlimited Publisher(s) …

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