call-up

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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

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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

Recently that was lowered to 25 but the situation is made worse by the ineffective call-up of those who do fall into the target range. —Olesia Safronova, Fortune, 26 May 2024

The exact amount of call-ups is not yet known and will be made official by specific federations. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2024

Verb

Hitting safely in 10 of his first 13 games after being called up May 12, Matos earned a promotion to the leadoff spot for 10 games and put himself in the company of some of the franchise’s greatest players with 16 RBIs in his first five games while making some highlight-worthy catches in center. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024

Bloomberg Don’t think about calling up a coworker without texting first. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

call-up

noun

ˈkȯ-ˌləp

: an order to report for military service