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pay a call
verb as in come by
verb as in visit
Example Sentences
“East Palestine, Ohio has been waiting for Biden to visit for months. It has been 305 days since the toxic train derailment, 278 days since Biden promised to visit, and 94 days since Biden claimed he hadn’t yet ‘had the occasion’ to pay a call on the town,” Mr. Pigott said.
To learn what the artist thinks of Coen’s curatorial approach, I traveled to suburban Rockland County on the west side of the Hudson to pay a call on Friedlander and his wife, Maria Friedlander, driving down a wooded road, past an apple orchard, to the rambling 1947 house faced with brown shingle and stone from a local quarry that they have inhabited for over half a century.
The decision to pay a call on Saudi leaders during the July 13-16 trip comes after Biden as a Democratic presidential candidate branded the kingdom a “pariah” because of its human rights record and pledged to recalibrate the U.S.-Saudi relationship.
Although large groups of visitors are discouraged, nursing homes won’t be allowed to limit the number of loved ones and friends who can pay a call on residents.
Finally Mrs. Arable made up her mind she would pay a call on old Doctor Dorian and ask his advice.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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