calling (on or upon)

verb

Definition of calling (on or upon)next
present participle of call (on or upon)
as in visiting
to make a social call upon lots of well-wishers called on the new parents in the weeks following the birth of their first child

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calling (on or upon)
  1. visiting
  2. seeing
Verb
  • Jones was only three doors from his house, visiting his neighbor, 46-year-old Jwon Martin, when Jones and Martin were murdered.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In a series of Instagram Stories on May 14, The Flip Off star expressed her love for Wisconsin after seemingly visiting for the first time.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of visiting
Verb
  • And the actor believes there is a power in seeing only the before and aftermath of the killing.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There was the guy Daemon stabbed through the ear, and then the smelly killers Gwayne sniffed out, and now Ser Adrian, who took a knife to the throat within seconds of seeing Aemond.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
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“Calling (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calling%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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