call up

Speech parts

1. call up - Noun

2. call up - Verb

Meaning

an order to report for military duty

call to arms; of military personnel

bring forward for consideration

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

call-up

Synonyms

call think ring telephone remember rally recall retrieve summon mobilize recollect phone mobilise call back dial

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Antonyms

drop lose forget disperse stalemate disconnect

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Hypernyms

make create call raise summons send for

Hyponyms

know review raise recognize stir invoke

Examples

I had a buddy of mine call up the other day, all upset 'cause he slept with his third cousin. And I'm like, "Man, if it upsets you that much, quit countin' them!" Larry the Cable Guy

Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it's room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee! Walter Scott

I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing it, so I won't forget it. Britney Spears

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. Marlene Dietrich

I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful - there's no one that has all the answers. Regina Spektor

Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold. John Milton

Close letter words and terms

call together call together again call tree call up signal call upon call value