house call
noun
: a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service
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Does your doctor make house calls?
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On the Eagles’ first play from scrimmage following a Rams punt, Saquon Barkley made another house call, this one from 78 yards out.
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Momentum-seizing house calls of 70 and 72 yards deflated the Rams and cemented Philly as a team to fear.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
But after a house call lands a patient in the hospital, Doc’s expertise is questioned by another doctor.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
The American medical system has become undeniably complex, a far cry from the days when doctors made house calls and patients paid directly for care.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Momentum-seizing house calls of 70 and 72 yards deflated the Rams and cemented Philly as a team to fear.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
But after a house call lands a patient in the hospital, Doc’s expertise is questioned by another doctor.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
The American medical system has become undeniably complex, a far cry from the days when doctors made house calls and patients paid directly for care.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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house call
noun
: a visit (as by a doctor) to a home to provide medical care
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