or call upon
1.
If you ~ someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
One of Kenya’s leading churchmen has called on the government to resign...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n to-inf
2.
If you ~ someone or call upon someone, you pay them a short visit.
Sofia was intending to ~ Miss Kitts.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n