CALLING (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

calling (on or upon)

verb

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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Louisville's role as bourbon's home base keeps growing When visiting bourbon country, Louisville is typically a go-to jumping off point.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Tridib, while visiting Dhaka to bring a granduncle back to India, is killed by a mob in his mother’s ancestral neighborhood.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

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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

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