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1 PHRASAL VERB If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere. □ [V P n] I shall be calling for you at seven o'clock.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you call for something, you demand that it should happen. □ [V P n] They angrily called for Robinson's resignation.

3 PHRASAL VERB If something calls for a particular action or quality, it needs it or makes it necessary. □ [V P n] It's a situation that calls for a blend of delicacy and force.

▸  call in

1 PHRASAL VERB If you call someone in , you ask them to come and help you or do something for you. □ [V P n] Call in an architect or surveyor to oversee the work. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you call in somewhere, you make a short visit there. □ [V P ] He just calls in occasionally. □ [V P + on ] I got into the habit of calling in on Gloria on my way home.

▸  call off PHRASAL VERB If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it. □ [V P n] He has called off the trip. □ [V n P ] The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.

▸  call on or call upon

1 PHRASAL VERB If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it. □ [V P n to-inf] One of Kenya's leading churchmen has called on the government to resign.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you call on someone or call upon someone, you pay them a short visit. □ [V P n] Sofia was intending to call on Miss Kitts.

▸  call out

1 PHRASAL VERB If you call someone out , you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency. □ [V P n] Colombia has called out the army and imposed emergency measures. □ [V n P ] I called the doctor out. □ [be V -ed P + to ] The fire brigade should always be called out to a house fire.

2 → see also call 3

▸  call up

1 PHRASAL VERB If you call someone up , you telephone them. [mainly AM ] □ [V n P ] When I'm in Pittsburgh, I call him up. □ [V P n] He called up the museum. □ [V P ] Sometimes I'd even call up at 4 a.m.

2 PHRASAL VERB If someone is called up , they are ordered to join the army, navy, or air force. □ [be V -ed P ] Youngsters coming up to university were being called up. □ [V P n] The United States has called up some 150,000 military reservists. [Also V n P ]

3 PHRASAL VERB If someone is called up , they are chosen to play in a sports team. □ [be V -ed P ] He is likely to be called up for Thursday's match against Italy.

4 → see also call-up

▸  call upon → see call on USAGE call

Don’t use ‘as’ with call . Don’t say, for example, ‘ We decided to call our daughter as Hannah ’ or ‘ They called him as a traitor ’. Say 'They called him a traitor'. □  He called the report unfair.

call|back /kɔː lbæk/ (callbacks ) N‑COUNT A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show. □  Needless to say, the audition went badly, and I never got a callback.

ca ll box (call boxes ) also call-box

1 N‑COUNT A call box is the same as a telephone box . [BRIT , OLD-FASHIONED ]

2 N‑COUNT A call box is a telephone in a box or case, often on a pole, that is at the side of a road and that you can use in emergencies. [mainly AM ]

ca ll cen|tre (call centres ) in AM, use call center N‑COUNT A call centre is an office where people work answering or making telephone calls for a particular company.

call|er /kɔː lə ^r / (callers )

1 N‑COUNT A caller is a person who is making a telephone call. □  An anonymous caller told police what had happened.