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All call on synonyms

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verb call on

  • converse β€” If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
  • crash β€” A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
  • tarry β€” to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
  • sojourn β€” a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
  • chat β€” When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
  • dwell β€” to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
  • ding β€” to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
  • knock β€” to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • tap β€” Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
  • brace β€” If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
  • burn β€” If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
  • call upon β€” to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • hit up β€” to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • pass the hat β€” a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • sponge on 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.
  • rule out β€” a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
  • lay down the law β€” the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • send for β€” to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
  • take charge β€” able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • hold back β€” to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • keep back β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • take exception to β€” object to sth
  • come by β€” To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
  • drop in β€” Informal.. Also, dropper-in. a person who or thing that pays an unexpected or uninvited visit: a feeder for squirrels, raccoons, and other drop-ins.
  • look up β€” the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
  • step in β€” (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
  • take in β€” the act of taking.
  • come around β€” If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • drop by β€” a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • look in on β€” to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • pay a call β€” visit
  • pop in β€” Informal. unexpected; without prior warning or announcement: The teacher gave us a pop quiz.
  • stay with β€” to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
  • stop by β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • stop off β€” the act of stopping.
  • swing by β€” Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.
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