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called collect

called collect is the simple past and past participle of call collect.

Meaning of call collect

Verb

call collect (third-person singular simple present calls collect, present participle calling collect, simple past and past participle called collect)

  1. (US, intransitive) To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call; to place a collect call.
    • In the days of payphones, if you had no coins, you could call collect and hope that the callee would accept the charges.
  2. (US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way.
    • Call me what you want — just don’t call me collect.

Questions about called collect

What is called collect the simple past and past participle of?
Called collect is the simple past and past participle of call collect.

Words near called collect in the dictionary

  1. called an audible
  2. called around
  3. called away
  4. called back
  5. called balls and strikes
  6. called collect
  7. called down
  8. called for
  9. called forth
  10. called in
  11. called in sick

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