'call on' definitions:
Definition of 'call on'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: call on, turn]
Synonyms of 'call on'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjure,
- advocate,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- apply to,
- beg,
- beseech,
- bid,
- blandish,
- cajole,
- call for help,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- charge,
- circulate a petition,
- clamor for,
- coax,
- command,
- commission,
- conjure,
- crave,
- cry for,
- cry on,
- cry to,
- declare,
- decree,
- dictate,
- direct,
- drop in,
- enjoin,
- entreat,
- exhort,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- high-pressure,
- impetrate,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecate,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- instruct,
- invoke,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- jawbone,
- kneel to,
- lobby,
- look in,
- mandate,
- memorialize,
- nag,
- obtest,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- pay a visit,
- petition,
- plead,
- plead for,
- plead with,
- pray,
- prefer a petition,
- press,
- pressure,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- push,
- recommend,
- rule,
- run in,
- run to,
- say the word,
- see,
- sign a petition,
- soft-soap,
- stop by,
- stop off,
- stop over,
- sue,
- supplicate,
- sweet-talk,
- urge,
- visit,
- wheedle,
- work on
Words containing 'call on'
- At call,
- Call,
- Calle,
- Called,
- Calling,
- On call,
- To call down,
- To call for,
- To call in,
- To call off,
- To call on,
- To call out,
- To call over,
- To call up,
- call at,
- call down,
- call for,
- call in,
- call off,
- call out,
- call up,
- so called,
- Call bird,
- Call boy,
- Call note,
- Call of the house,
- Call to the bar,
- Calling crab,
- Effectual calling,
- Fatigue call,
- House of call,
- Quail call,
- Roll call,
- So-called,
- To call a bond,
- To call a party,
- To call back,
- To call forth,
- To call names,
- To call the roll,
- To call to account,
- To call to mind,
- To call to order,
- To call to the bar,
- To call upon,
- Watering call,
- bugle call,
- call attention,
- call attention to,
- call back,
- call box,
- call center,
- call centre,
- call fire,
- call forth,
- call forwarding,
- call girl,
- call into question,
- call it a day,
- call it quits,
- call loan,
- call mark,
- call number,
- call on the carpet,
- call option,
- call the shots,
- call the tune,
- call to order,
- call waiting,
- call-in,
- call-out,
- calling card,
- calling hare,
- calling into question,
- calling together,
- close call,
- collect call,
- conference call,
- crank call,
- curtain call,
- distress call,
- effectual call,
- function call,
- local call,
- mail call,
- margin call,
- muster call,
- name calling,
- phone call,
- port of call,
- service call,
- sick call,
- siren call,
- system call,
- telephone call,
- toll call,
- trunk call,
- To call any one names,
- call one's bluff,
- call-back,
- call-board,
- supervisor call instruction,
- wake-up call,
- bell-like call,
- long-distance call,
- salafast group for call and combat,
- three-way calling,
- two-note call