English Dictionary

call on

verb

(idiomatic, transitive) To visit (a person); to pay a call to. / (idiomatic, transitive) To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.

I will call on you tomorrow.

意味（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

I really should call on my aunt more often.

意味（2）

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

He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, transitive) (also call upon) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.

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

意味（4）

(idiomatic, transitive) (also call upon) To have recourse to.

Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength.

意味（5）

(idiomatic) To correct; to point out an error or untruth.

The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it.