Cold-calling

/kˈəʊldkˈɔːlɪŋ/

/kˈoʊldkˈɔːlɪŋ/

Cold-calling

the practice of making an unexpected phone call or visiting someone in person in order to sell them goods or services

Examples

1. I was terrified of cold-calling.

2. And then we started just cold-calling.

3. At this point, Trump is just cold-calling countries asking them if they want to collude.

4. And we spent about almost a year putting this road trip together, just sitting at mom and dad's house, cold-calling all day long.