call up
call up
verbDefinition of CALL UP
transitive verb
1
: to summon together (as for a united effort) <call up all his forces for the attack>
2
: to bring to mind : evoke
3
: to summon before an authority
4
a : to summon for active military duty b : to bring up from a minor league to a major league baseball team
5
: to bring forward for consideration or action
6
: to retrieve from the memory of a computer especially for display and user interaction
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1549
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