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All call on synonyms

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verb call on

  • demand β€” If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
  • authorize β€” If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
  • appoint β€” If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
  • require β€” to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • direct β€” to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • call for β€” If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
  • tell β€” to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • refute β€” to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • contradict β€” If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
  • withhold β€” to hold back; restrain or check.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • turn down β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • rebuff β€” a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
  • frequent β€” happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
  • play β€” a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • hit β€” to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • inspect β€” to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • see β€” to perceive with the eyes; look at.
  • tour β€” Georges de [zhawrzh duh] /Κ’Ι”rΚ’ dΙ™/ (Show IPA), 1593–1652, French painter.
  • talk β€” to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • bite β€” If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
  • scrounge β€” to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • hustle β€” to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
  • chisel β€” A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
  • freeload β€” to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
  • sponge β€” any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
  • nick β€” Old Nick.
  • benefit β€” The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
  • score β€” the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
  • want β€” to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • buzz β€” If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
  • touch β€” to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • cadge β€” If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
  • panhandle β€” the handle of a pan.
  • bum β€” Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
  • mooch β€” to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
  • prohibit β€” to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
  • set β€” to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • forbid β€” to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
  • instruct β€” to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • inflict β€” to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
  • dictate β€” If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
  • beckon β€” If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
  • proclaim β€” to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • grant β€” to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • debar β€” If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
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