( cold calls, cold calling, cold called)
1.
If someone makes a cold call , they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted, without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something.
She had worked as a call centre operator making cold calls for time-share holidays.
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2.
To cold call means to make a cold call.
You should refuse to meet anyone who cold calls with an offer of financial advice.
VERB : V , also V n
• cold calling
We will adhere to strict sales ethics, with none of the cold calling that has given the industry such a bad name.
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