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- call-up (Noun)
Alternative spelling of call up.
WordNet
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| call up - an order to report for military duty | ||
| summons a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
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| call up - call to arms; of military personnel | ||
| mobilize, mobilise, rally | ||
| demobilise, demobilize, inactivate retire from military service | ||
| send for, call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| call up - bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court" | ||
| bring forward | ||
| raise raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" | ||
| call up - get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" | ||
| call, telephone, phone, ring | ||
| telecommunicate communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail | ||
| telephony, telephone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" | ||
| cell phone call up by using a cellular phone; "If the train is late, I will cell phone you" | ||
| call in make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| call up - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" | ||
| remember, retrieve, recall, call back, recollect, think | ||
| draw a blank, blank out, forget, block cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out" | ||
| think back, remember recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" | ||
| know be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" | ||
| recognise, recognize perceive to be the same | ||
| brush up, refresh, review make fresh again | ||
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call up
To contact someone using the telephone.
