call around
call around · calls around · called around · calling around
To make several phone calls, usually for the purpose of locating an item, comparing…To make several phone calls, usually for the purpose of locating an item, comparing prices or inquiring about a topic.
» Tom was supposed to call around 2:30.
Том должен был позвонить в районе полтретьего.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make several phone calls, usually for the purpose of locating an item, comparing prices or inquiring about a topic.
Examples
28 sentencesTom was supposed to call around 2:30.
ruТом должен был позвонить в районе полтретьего.
Tom is supposed to call around 2:30.
ruТом должен позвонить в районе полтретьего.
I'll call you up around eight this evening.
Tom is going to call me around six.
ruТом будет звонить мне в районе шести.
Tom will call me around six.
Forms
calls around, calling around, called around, called around| Base form | call around · to call around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | calls around |
| Present participle | calling around |
| Past simple | called around |
| Past participle | called around |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
14 phrasal verbs- call upдумати, мислитиTo retrieve from personal or computer memory.
- call offвідкликати, відмінятиTo recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
- call outзнімати плату, покладати відповідальністьTo specify, especially in detail.
- call onвідвідати, відвідуватиTo visit (a person); to pay a call to.
- call inвідкликати, згадуватиTo communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
- call downзібрати, збиратиTo lower (a price, value) by official proclamation.
- call backпередзвонити, передзвонюватиTo request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.
- call forпотребуватиTo shout out in order to summon (a person).
More 6
- call overTo ask (someone) to come to one's location, especially when raising one's voice towards someone within earshot.
- call awayTo summon; to cause to depart.
- call aroundTo make several phone calls, usually for the purpose of locating an item, comparing prices or inquiring about a topic.
- call toTo tempt (someone or something); to beckon; to be difficult to resist.
- call aheadSynonym of phone ahead.
- call roundTo pay a short visit.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb