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call on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. call on, turnverb

    have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to

    "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

Wiktionary

  1. call onverb

    To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

  2. call onverb

    To select (a student).

  3. call onverb

    To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.

  4. call onverb

    To correct; to point out an error or untruth.

ChatGPT

  1. call on

    To "call on" typically means to visit someone or to make use of someone's knowledge or resources. In a formal context, it can also mean to officially ask a person or organization to do something, often due to their responsibility or authority.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of call on in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of call on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of call on in a Sentence

  1. Hovik Abrahamyan:

    Such behavior (protesting) won't lead to success, i call on the activists to get back to constructive (dialogue).

  2. Dianne Feinstein:

    This prison has cost taxpayers more than $5 billion, and the propaganda value for terrorists has been even greater, it’s time to close this prison once and for all, so today I call on President Trump to restart the review process for those prisoners who haven’t been cleared for transfer or charged with a crime.

  3. Joe Biden:

    At this hour, our democracy's under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we've seen in modern times. An assault on the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself, this is not dissent, it's disorder. It's chaos. It borders on sedition, and it must end now. I call on this mob to pull back and allow the work of democracy to go forward.

  4. Beto ORourke:

    Following the lead of the students marching for Our Lives, and for all of ours, we will end this epidemic. I support their Peace Plan For A Safer America and I call on everyone else in this race to do the same.

  5. Vaghinak Shushanyan:

    We will all discuss (the offer) all night ... and call on people to mobilize tomorrow, shall we stay for the night, carry on the fight?


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