verb

1. To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

   “I really should call on my aunt more often.”

2. To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.

   “He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him.”

3. (also call upon) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.

   “The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.”

Synonyms: correct, pay a visit, visit, wait on, summon up