CALL ON Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

call on

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Definition of call on

as in rely

to place reliance or trust She's the one I call on when I need a friend.

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as in ask

to make a request of She called on me for a ride to the airport.

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as in petition

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner They called on a specialist after other avenues had failed.

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Recent Examples of call on Agentic frameworks that can plan, reason and call upon tools or coordinate with other agents are helpful. — Michael Jaszczyk, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Despite sending more players to the World Cup than any other club, City will be able to call upon players that went no further than the last-16 stage in north America. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 28 July 2026 For her Odyssey press tour, Zendaya called upon Schiaparelli couture to channel the archetypes of Greek mythology at the London premiere of the show. — Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 25 July 2026 The line’s newest ship, Oceania Allura, will call upon Miami, Florida, from December 2026 through March 2027, for multiple round-trip sailings. — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 22 July 2026 Milton had a shaky first preseason with the Cowboys after being acquired in a trade last offseason, and he wasn’t called upon to play meaningful snaps in the regular season. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a crass and charismatic oil executive who’s called upon to help save the world after his company nearly destroys it. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 13 July 2026 My yard would feed the entire neighborhood, if called upon to do so. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 Lukaku likely won’t start the match but has proven to be a hugely impactful substitute when called upon and De Bruyne is still capable of a spark of magic to win any game should his experience be called upon. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

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