Uncle Fred summoned the waitress to him.
•He summoned her to our table.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
summon */*/ — UK [ˈsʌmən] / US verb [transitive] Word forms summon : present tense I/you/we/they summon he/she/it summons present participle summoning past tense summoned past participle summoned 1) formal to officially order someone to come to a place,… … English dictionary
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