come calling
verb1
Colloquial, Figuratively To make one's presence felt (due to large numbers, strength, qualities etc).
- The stage came calling when a friend suggested he try out for a production of South Pacific. He got a part in the sailors' chorus and so began his acting career.2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman:
2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, calling.
- The cook Sicon and slave Getas reprise the earlier scene where they came calling to ask for materials and were sent packing.2014, Martin Revermann, The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy, page 219: