Phrasal Verbs with “call”

 

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1. Call after
To give a child the same name as someone else, especially a family member

= be named after someone

• We have called him Benjamin after his father.

1.1. Call at =  Visit

To call at a place is to stop at that place briefly. This expression is mainly used in association with boats and ships.

• The ship will call at the port for a few hours.

2. Call around / Call round
To go to someone’s house to visit them

• I called around yesterday but you weren’t there.

3. Call away
To ask someone to go somewhere else

• I am afraid the doctor was called away on an emergency earlier today, but he should be back soon.

4. Call back
To return a phone call or to phone someone again

• He’s on another call at the moment, but I will get him to call you back.

To return to a place

• She said I could call back later today to collect the laundry.

To be asked to return for a second interview or a second audition

• They are only going to call back4 people out of the 80 people who went for the first interview.

= Return a phone call

4.1. Call down (separable)

To call down something or to call something down is to pray God to do something to someone. This expression is mainly used in a literary style.

• The old parents called down a blessing on their son. (= The old parents prayed that their son would be blessed.)

5. Call for
Publicly demand that something be done

• The protesters were calling for the resignation of the president.

To require or make necessary

• John got the job! This news calls for a celebration!

To go somewhere to pick someone or something up

• I will call for you around seven – try to be ready on time!

6. Call forth
To elicit a reaction

= make something happen

• Bernard insulted his wife’s mother, which called forth an angry response from her.

7. Call in
To phone

• The radio station’s listeners have been calling in all morning with answers to the quiz.

To visit someone

• Can you call in on your grandmother on your way home and make sure she is alright?

To ask a person, especially an expert, to come to do something

• We had to call in fumigators to deal with the mice and cockroaches.

To ask someone to enter a room

• My boss called me in to his office yesterday morning to give me a warning because I came to work late three times this week.

7.1. Call in on

To call in on somebody is to visit them.

• I called in on an old friend yesterday. (= I visited an old friend yesterday.)

8. Call off

To cancel an organised event

• Sandra called off the wedding at the very last minute!

To stop doing an activity

• We had to call off the search when it became too dark to continue.

= cancel

9. Call on
To visit someone

• I am going to call on my mother on the way home from work.

To demand or request that someone do something

• The supporters of the opposition called on the government to call a new election.

To use a quality, usually something that requires a great effort, in order to achieve something

• I had to call on all my strength to finish the marathon.

Have recourse to

• We may need to call on experts in the field for their opinion on the matter.

To ask for an answer or response

• The teacher always calls on me for the answer – it’s not fair!

10. Call up
To phone somebody

• I will call up everyone we’d invited and tell them that we have called off the party.

Select someone to play on a team

• He was called up to play for Spain in the World Cup.

To summon for military service, especially during a war

• When the war broke out, he was terrified that he would be called up.

To make you remember or recall something

• Seeing her again called up all those old memories.

To make information in a computer appear on screen

• This icon will call up the menu.

11. Call out
Order or request help from someone

• They called out the fire services when they saw the flames.

12. Call round
To visit someone

• Thank you for calling round, I really appreciate it.

13. Call at
Stop at a harbour, port or station

• This train will be calling at every station on the way to London.

14. Call by
To visit somewhere briefly whilst on your way to somewhere else.

• I thought it my might be nice to call byAunt Betty’s house on our way to Bristol.

15. Call down
To find fault with; reprimand

• My professor is a perfectionist and always calls me down for such minor errors!

 

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