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calls collect

calls collect is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 calls collect

What is calls collect the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls collect is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call collect.

Words near calls collect in the dictionary

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

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