cold-call
verb /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːl/
/ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cold-call | /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːl/ /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːl/ |
| he / she / it cold-calls | /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːlz/ /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːlz/ |
| past simple cold-called | /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːld/ /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːld/ |
| past participle cold-called | /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːld/ /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːld/ |
| -ing form cold-calling | /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ /ˌkəʊld ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ |
- cold-call somebody to phone somebody that you do not know, in order to sell them something
- Fraudsters would cold-call residents with offers of solar electricity.