Definition of call on

call on

verb - transitive

to point out a flaw, misdeed, or mistake.
He was being rude, so I called him on it.

Citation from "Stone Dead", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on Jan 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 01 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'to insult, complain, criticize':
tear into	Definitions include: to aggressively start consuming.
par	Definitions include: to disrespect or mistreat.
bollock	Definitions include: a testicle.
diss	Definitions include: spelling variant of dis.
reem	Definitions include: misspelling of "ream".
neg	Definitions include: to say a "neg" (as described in the noun sense) to a person.
crap	Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit."
knock	Definitions include: to impregnate.
chew out	Definitions include: to chastise.
rip	Definitions include: a rip-off.
ankle biter	Definitions include: a young child.
clap back	Definitions include: to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
wank	Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation.
punk	Definitions include: a disrespectful, rude, or otherwise unpleasant person.
carry	Definitions include: being carried is a type of sarcasm.
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Other terms relating to 'call':
anyone's call	Definitions include: a situation in which any outcome is equally likely.
BC	Definitions include: acronym for "booty call"; hookup.
booty call	Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
call	Definitions include: to claim ownership, at least temporarily.
call a spade a spade	Definitions include: to recognize something for what it is.
call dinosaurs	Definitions include: to vomit.
call Earl	Definitions include: to vomit.
call five	Definitions include: to reserve something for the next five minutes, while one is absent.
call for Huey	Definitions include: to vomit.
call for O'Rourke	Definitions include: to vomit (noisily).
call girl	Definitions include: a prostitute.
call Huey on the big white telephone	Definitions include: to vomit.
call it a day	Definitions include: to stop performing a task.
call it a night	Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed.
call it Christmas	Definitions include: a good solution to a problem
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Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
*be like flies on sht**	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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