call upon

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call upon

verb calls upon · calling upon · called upon

alternative Alternative form of call on (certain senses). They will be called upon to deal with freight trains of up to 900 tons over gradients considerably steeper than those of the Central Section—for example, the frequent stretches of 1 in 100 between Victoria and the Medway towns—and their running to fast schedules will include the haulage of the "Nigh

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@misc{call_upon_2026,
  title = {call upon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/call%20upon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}