Call on

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Definition

To invite a specific person to answer a question or address the group

Example sentence
The teacher called on her to answer the question.
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call on a student

teacher called on me

call on someone for an answer

call on the next person

hate being called on

Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.

He called on the student. ✅ (Correct)
He called the student on. ❌ (Incorrect)