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call about

call around
call away

call back

call down

call for

call forth
call forward

call in
call into

call of

call on
call over

call out
call up

call upon
call to
call together
to call someone on the telephone, seeking information about someone or something. I'll call Maggie about Ted and see what
to phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.. I'll call around abou
find out anything.
to ask someone to come away from some place or from doing something. The boss called Kathy away from her office.
1. to call [someone] again on the telephone at a later time.
2. to return a telephone call received earlier.

1. to request or invoke ⇒ to call down God's anger/ira


2. to reprimand/repreender a person; to bawl someone out.
3. to shout something to a person on a lower level. The worker called a warning down to the people below

1. to need, require, or demand something or the services of someone. The recipe calls for two cups of flour. This job calls for s
experience.
2. to arrive to collect or pick up a person or a thing. (Used especially when you are to pick someone up and are acting as an es
about eight this evening. The messenger will call for your reply in the morning.
3. to shout for or request someone or something. I called for Ted, but he didn't hear me. I stood on the porch and called for th

1. to cause (something) to come into action or existence ⇒ she called forth all her courage
2. to call to someone to come out or come forward. The principal called Wally forth.
3. to draw a particular quality or induce a particular behavior: The battle called extraordinary courage forth from the soldiers.
to call to someone to the front, and to the attention of everyone present.

1. (intransitive; ofen foll by on) to pay a visit, esp a brief/breve or informal one ⇒ call in if you are in the neighbourhood
2. (transitive) to demand payment of ⇒ to call in a loan
3. (transitive) to take (something) out of circulation, because it is defective or no longer useful
4. (transitive) to summon to one's assistance or ask for help ⇒ t hey had to call in a specialist
5. to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning?

noun call-in
6. a radio programme which invites its listeners to telephone the presenter ⇒ a call-in show on Los Angeles radio station KABC
to call to a person or a pet to come into something or some place.

1. to cancel (an event) or abandon ⇒ the game was called off because of rain
2. to request that someone or an animal stop bothering or pursuing someone or something ⇒ the man called off his dog
3. to stop (something) or give the order to stop
4. to decide not to do something that was planned Why should I call off the trip when I've already paid for it?

1. to court/namorar someone.
2. to draw on something, such as a particular quality or talent. This project calls on all the creative skills you can gather togeth
3. to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them.
4. to visit for a short time: to call on friends.
to request that someone come to where one is. I will call her over to us, and you can ask her what you want to know.

1. to utter/pronunciar aloud, esp loudly to get someone's attention.


2. (transitive) to summon/convocar
3. (transitive) to order (workers) to strike/greve
4. (transitive) to summon (an employee) to work at a time outside his normal working hours, usually in an emergency
5. (transitive) to challenge to a duel
6. to request the services of someone or a group. Things got bad enough that the governor called the militia out.
1. to summon to report for active military service, as in time of war
2. (transitive) to recall (something); evoke ⇒ his words called up old memories
3. (transitive) to bring or summon (people, etc) into action ⇒ to call up reinforcements
4. to call someone, a group, or a company on the telephone.
noun call-up
5.
a. a general order to report for military service
b. the number of men so summoned

1. To order or require someone to do something: I call upon you to tell the truth.
2. To make a demand or a series of demands on something: Social institutions are ofen called upon to assist the poor.
3. To visit someone: I called upon an old friend when I was in New York.
4. To make use of some resource; draw on something: I knew the task would call upon my every resource.
to shout to get someone's attention.
to request that people come together for a meeting
a call girl
a clarion call
a close call
a close shave
a judgment call
a place to call own
a port of call
a wake-up call
above and beyond
above and beyond the call of duty
answer the call
answer the call of nature
at beck and call
at someone's beck and call
be (someone's) call
be at beck and call
be brought to account
beck and call
beyond the call of duty
booty call
bring to heel
call
call (one's) own
call (one's) shots
call (someone) to heel
call a halt
call a halt to
call a meeting
call a meeting to order and call the meeting to order
call a spade a spade
call about
Call again
call all the shots
call around
call at some place
call attention to
call away
call back
call bluf
call by a name
call down
call earl
call for
call forth
call forward
call girl
call hogs
call house
call hughie
call in
call in chips
call in question
call in sick
call into
call into question
call it a day
call it a night
call it even
call it quits
Call my service
call names
Call no man happy till he dies
call of duty
call of nature
call of
call of the dogs
call on
call on the carpet
call one's own
call out
call over
call ralph
call roll
call ruth
call shotgun
call someone out
call someone's bluf
call square
call the
call the dogs of
call the shots
call the tune
call to
call to account
call to attention
call to mind
call to order
call to the bar
call together
call up
call upon
call upon (someone)
called to straw
call-girl
can't call soul own
cattle call
CF The CF is from the so-called NATO Phonetic Alphabet.
Charlie Foxtrot
clarion call
close call
close shave
cold call
Could I call you?
Could I have call you?
crank letter
cry ruth
desperate times call for desperate measures
Don’t call us, we’ll call you
don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us, we'll call you.
drastic times call for drastic measures
first port of call
give a ring
Give me a call
go above and beyond duty
Good call!
have a close shave
have a minute to call own
have first call on
He who pays the piper calls the tune
I'll call back later
issue a call for
judgment call
last call
Let's call it a day
Many are called but few are chosen
nature’s call
no call for
no salesman will call
not able to call time own
on call
pay a call
pay a call on
place to call (one's) own
port of call
put in layaway
taking calls
Time to call it a day
Time to call it a night
to call own
too close to call
tough call
wake-up call
who calls the shots here?
within call
You called?
tic Alphabet.

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