WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
call on [sb] for [sth],
call upon vtr phrasal insep | (seek help) | kalla på ngn för ngt vbal uttr |
| | | be ngn om hjälp med ngt vbal uttr |
| | John called on his friends for support. |
call on [sb],
call upon vtr phrasal insep | (turn to [sb] for help) (bildlig) | vända sig till ngn vbal uttr |
| | | förlita sig på ngn vbal uttr |
| | When you need help, then who can you call upon if not your friends? |
call on [sb] to do [sth],
call upon [sb] to do [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (request that [sb] do [sth]) | be ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | The union called on the workers to support a strike. |
| call on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (visit [sb]) | hälsa på ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | | besöka vtr |
| | John called on Mary while she was in the hospital. |
| call on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | US (teacher: pick a student to talk) (till samtal) | kalla in ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | | kalla ngn på samtal vbal uttr |
| | The teacher called on me but I couldn't answer as I hadn't been listening. |