call-up

1 of 2

noun

ˈkȯl-ˌəp 

1

: an order to report for military service

2

: a baseball player brought up to a major league team from the minor leagues

call up

2 of 2

verb

called up; calling up; calls 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

Examples of call-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Johnson returns to the Phillies for his third call-up of the season. —Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Top pitching prospect Hagen Smith was seemingly waiting for a call-up against the Dodgers, but a rainout Thursday delayed his potential Sox debut. —Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

Verb

Joey Meneses had an RBI single in his Athletics debut after being called up from the minors before the game. —CBS News, 21 June 2026

The Yankees called up Rodríguez, 22, before Sunday’s game, then optioned him back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre afterward. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for call-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

call-up

noun

ˈkȯ-ˌləp

: an order to report for military service