call on

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

   I really should call on my aunt more often.

   to visit someone, usually for a short time

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.

3. (idiomatic, transitive)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.

4. (idiomatic, transitive)To have recourse to.

   Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength.

   The young adventurer set out on the new planet alone, thankful that she could still call on her captain for advice in case of emergency.

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

5. (ditransitive, idiomatic, transitive)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.

1. He was called away on business.

   Його викликали у справах.

   ruЕго вызвали по делам.

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2. She called him on the phone.

   Вона зателефонувала йому.

   ruОна позвонила ему по телефону.

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3. He never fails to call his mother on her birthday.

   Він ніколи не забуває зателефонувати матері на її день народження.

   ruОн никогда не забывает позвонить своей матери в её день рождения.

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4. Tom called me on my mobile.

   Том зателефонував мені на мобільний.

   ruТом позвонил мне на мобильный.

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5. I'll call you on Monday.

   Я тобі зателефоную в понеділок.

   ruЯ тебе в понедельник позвоню.

   deIch werde dich am Montag anrufen.

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• 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).