Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to;
- Example: "She called on her Representative to help her"- Example: "She turned to her relatives for help"[syn: call on, turn]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
call on
v 1: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or
information to; "She called on her Representative to help
her"; "She turned to her relatives for help" [syn: call
on, turn]