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pay a visit to

VERB
visit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call call on frequent hit inspect play see stay at talk tour
STRONG
chat converse crash dwell reside sojourn tarry
WEAK
come around come by drop by drop in drop over go over to go to see look around look in on look up pay a call pop in stay with step in stop by stop off swing by take in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignore listen neglect refrain
STRONG
be quiet

Example Sentences

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On Friday, Trump will pay a visit to Zhongnanhai, a rarefied compound where China's leaders live and work.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Hopping on the bandwagon, I decided to pay a visit to one of its Brooklyn-based shops, which was a mere 25 minute walk from my apartment.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Would Mr. Lammy pay a visit to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s Palm Beach estate, as David Cameron, Britain’s current foreign secretary, did two weeks ago to lobby the former president on military aid to Ukraine?

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Tennessee: Vanderbilt will pay a visit to Rocky Top on Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023

Not sure where to go, they decided they’d pay a visit to the president of the United States, whom they understood to live somewhere upriver.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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