call upon
phrasal verbcall on/upon somebody (formal)
- to ask or demand that somebody do something
- She called on the government to hold a vote.
- I feel called upon (= feel that I ought) to warn you that…
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- to formally invite or ask somebody to speak, etc.
- I now call upon the chairman to address the meeting.