Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Idioms

Question:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given Idiom: "To call on someone"

Options:

To call someone in need

Making a phone call

To pay a visit to someone.

Announcing someone's name

Correct Answer:

To pay a visit to someone.

Explanation:

The most appropriate meaning of the idiom "to call on someone" is to pay a visit to someone.

The idiom comes from the literal meaning of the phrase, which is to make a phone call to someone. However, the phrase came to be used figuratively to describe the act of visiting someone in person.

For example, if you say that you are going to "call on" your friend, you mean that you are going to visit them in person. Or, if you say that someone "called on" you, you mean that they visited you in person.