house call
noun
: a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service
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Does your doctor make house calls?
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Less than two minutes later, Terry McLaurin made a house call for the Commanders, running free for a 58-yard touchdown after catching a short screen pass.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
But Laviska Shenault’s 97-yard house call looked instantly familiar.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Then the barbers also make house calls for a few players.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
The house calls sometimes require her to get creative.
—Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2024
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
But Laviska Shenault’s 97-yard house call looked instantly familiar.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Then the barbers also make house calls for a few players.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
The house calls sometimes require her to get creative.
—Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for house call
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“House call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20call. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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house call
noun
: a visit (as by a doctor) to a home to provide medical care
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