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

The Dortmund winger has scored five goals and five assists in eight games across all competitions this season and would have been a logical candidate for a call-up. —Manuel Veth, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

And there are some familiar faces returning as well, with goalkeeper Zach Steffen getting his first call-up since March 2023 and midfielder Gianluca Busio back for the first time since the 2023 Gold Cup. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

Verb

Katims also called up his friend Richard Schiff for a guest-starring role in the first three episodes as an FBI agent. —Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Oct. 2024

He got called up for brief action toward the latter stages of the season but was playing defensive tackle as recently as late July, which makes his progress all the more impressive. —Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 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