call on

Speech parts

1. call on - Verb

2. call on - Phrase

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

use come turn call demand visit apply request ask employ resort petition pray tap urge
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Antonyms

shun avoid answer respond reply ignore
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Hypernyms

appeal invoke

Related terms

call upon

Examples

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life. Ai Weiwei

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired. Martin Luther

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. Diana, Princess of Wales

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? John Donne

It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Call on God, but row away from the rocks. Hindi Proverb

Words in the phrase

call on

Close letter words and terms

call off a strike call off an industrial action call off the dogs call on her call on hold call on the carpet