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 English Phrasal Verbs 

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb.
The combination creates a meaning different from the original verb.

Commonly-used phrasal verbs.

 Phrasal Verbs with CALL 

Phrasal Verb
Meaning
Example

Call after
Give a newborn baby the same name as someone else.
The baby is called after his grandfather.

Call at
Stop somewhere briefly (ship, train, etc.)
The train calls at Oxbridge and Glenville.

Call away
Ask someone to leave a place.
The doctor was called away for an emergency.

Call back
Return a phone call.
I’ll call you back as soon as possible.

Call for
Go somewhere to get someone.

Tom said he would call for her at 8 o’clock.
Call for
Demand that something be done.
The authorities called for an investigation.

Call for
Be required or necessary.
The job calls for excellent computer skills.

Call for
Be an appropriate occasion.
The good news calls for champagne!

Call forth
Produce a reaction or result.

The speech called forth an angry reaction.
Call forth
Evoke or make you think of something.
That song calls forth sad memories.

Call in
Make a phone call to a place.
Eva called in to say that she was ill.

Call in
Ask someone to come and do a job.
He called in the plumber to repair the leak.

Call in (on)
Stop and pay a visit to someone.
Jack called in on his parents yesterday.

Call off
Cancel
The picnic was called off due to the storm.

Call on/upon
Formally request or invite
I now call on the President to address the assembly.

Call out
Shout something
He called out my name but I didn’t answer.

Call round
Go to a place to see someone.
The nurse said she would call round to see my mother.

Call up
Phone someone
Tom has a list of people to call up today.

Call up
Summon for military service.
My grandfather was called up to active duty in 1940.

 
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