cold-call
verb [I or T] (also blind call)Definition
› MARKETING to phone or visit a possible customer to try to sell them a product or service without being asked by the customer to do so: We were cold-called by a company offering savings on our phone bill. A great advantage of social networks is they help users meet people rather than having to cold-call.
(Definition of cold-call verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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