house call

noun

1. a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of house call¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Trump, who made the first publicly acknowledged White House call with Putin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said he would meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia.

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“I mean, you give him the ball at the line of scrimmage, he turns that thing into 20, 40 yards. Today, he turned it into a house call.”

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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence.

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Martín Arévalo said his brother once answered a house call so formally that the caller later asked, “who is the butler who answered?”

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White House call logs also show that Jordan called Trump twice on Jan. 6 — both before and after the attack.

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