1
: an order to report for military service
2
: a baseball player brought up to a major league team from the minor leagues
called up; calling up; calls up
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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Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Three of those Tampa Bay players — Sabourin, Schmidt and Duke — were among six players the Lightning called up from their AHL affiliate hours before puck drop.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Roldan and Sands are intriguing call-ups for different reasons.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
There was no official announcement from Washington that the California National Guard was being called up and sent to Oregon, just as was the case when Illinois’ governor made a similar announcement Saturday about troops in his state being activated.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Three of those Tampa Bay players — Sabourin, Schmidt and Duke — were among six players the Lightning called up from their AHL affiliate hours before puck drop.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Call-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-up. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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