CALL ON Definition & Meaning

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call on

Make a request, ask for, choose, as in We are calling upon you to run for chairman , or The teacher called on Joe to answer . [c. 1400]
Pay a brief visit, as in The salesman said he'd call on me in the morning . Shakespeare had this usage in Antony and Cleopatra (1:4): “I'll call upon you ere you go to bed.” [Late 1500s]

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The Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly has called on Turkish authorities to drop the charges and release him immediately.

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The commissioner has also called on Welsh councils to do more to consider children's rights when decisions are made about housing families.

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Civil liberties groups, activists and some academics have called on more states to tighten regulations on the technology, citing concerns about over-policing in communities of color, among other issues.

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He has called on the US and the rest of the world for a response.

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He called on Israeli leaders to take action on the hostages saying: "Prime Minister Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, it's on you to get them back."

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