All call on synonyms
call on
C c 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.