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pay a call on

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pay a call on someone

to visit someone. Grandmother always paid us a call on Sundays. Let's pay a call on Mary at the hospital.

See also: call, on, pay

pay a call on somebody/something

to go somewhere to see someone or something The president paid a call on US troops stationed in the region on Sunday.

Related vocabulary: pay (somebody/something) a visit

See also: call, on, pay