Base verb
Phrasal verbs with call
The verb call combines with 10 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
10 phrasal verbs · 19 meanings
call ahead
1 sense- Phone before you arrive or before something happens
call away
1 sense- Be required to leave because of an urgent matter
call back
3 senses- Return a phone call
- Try the phone call again
- Recall a product because of a fault
call forth
1 sense- Cause a particular response or feeling to appear
call in
4 senses- Visit a place briefly, often on the way somewhere
- Phone a workplace or radio station
- Ask experts or professionals to come and help
call off
1 sense- Cancel a planned event
call on
1 sense- Ask someone to do something formally
call out
1 sense- Shout something loudly or summon services
call over
1 sense- Summon someone to come to where you are
call up
5 senses- Telephone someone
- Order someone to join military service
- Display information on a screen or computer
Practice the call family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of call with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.