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make a call

VERB

phone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call up contact dial

STRONG

buzz call ring

WEAK

get back to get on the horn get on the line get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

VERB

telephone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call up contact dial phone

STRONG

buzz call ring

WEAK

get back to get on the horn get on the line give a call give a jingle give a ring pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

Example Sentences

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Investigators obtained camera footage from the shop showing a young man emerging after buying the gun, a Taurus 9 mm pistol, to make a call on his cellphone.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

It’s hard to make a call on your behalf without a more detailed view of your finances.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Technology can help, ball crossing the goal line, even semi automated offside, but tackles and hand balls, the ref has his eyes on the game and is best placed to make a call.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

And yet I’ve been here too often lately, holding an expensive glass slab that can’t do the one thing phones were invented to do: make a call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

“Borrow a phone? From whom? Nobody’s going to let us make a call in private.”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

make a call

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