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Call on a prospective insurance buyer without a prior appointment. Many salespeople find this exercise the most threatening in their career development. Some observers attribute the substantial failure rate among new agents to their repugnance to cold calls.

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To call both a bet and a raise at the same time.

SoundPoker Says: For example, assume in a hand of Texas Hold'em there are 3 active players, John, Mike and Susan. John limps in under the gun, Mike raises it to two bets, and Susan calls the two bets. In this scenario, the original bet by John and the raise by Mike was Cold Called by Susan.

See Also: Active, Bet, Call, Hand, Limp In, Raise, Texas Hold'em, Under The Gun

tv. to call a sales prospect from a list of persons one has never met.  Things have to be pretty bad when the senior brokers at a major house have to cold call people to get business.

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• Commerce and Trade - cold call: telephone sales call to stranger who is unfamiliar with product or service

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