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  1. n.
    a decision; a prediction. : The market behaved just as you said it would. Good call.
  2. tv.
    to challenge someone. : I called him, but he ignored me.
  3. n.
    the early effects of a drug; the beginning of a rush; a rush. (Drugs.) : You may not get the call on this stuff for twenty minutes or more.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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call on

Also, call upon.

  1. Make a request, ask for, choose, as in We are calling upon you to run for chairman, or The teacher called on Joe to answer. [c. 1400]

  2. Pay a brief visit, as in The salesman said he'd call on me in the morning. Shakespeare had this usage in Antony and Cleopatra (1:4): "I'll call upon you ere you go to bed." [Late 1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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