CALL UP Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of call (up)

as in to line up

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as in to recruit

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Recent Examples of call (up)

Noun

Neither Putin nor other senior Russian officials have hinted at a possible major call-up of forces to fight in Ukraine. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Justin Barron got a late-season roster call-up last year for special teams purposes. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2026 Ryan, who made four major-league starts in 2024, has the stuff to compete in the majors, but health has kept him from another call-up. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Jones has actually looked comfortable most days since his second major league call-up on June 5. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for call (up)

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Verb

Wrangle the camera crew, line up the weirdly uninspiring but nonetheless eye-wateringly expensive homes, and for the love of God, somebody give the British TV presenting duo Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp a ring.

— Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
With the ability to line up at guard and tackle, Wallace could eventually emerge into a savior for the Dolphins’ offensive depth woes.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of line up

Verb

The boyfriend of an 18-year-old college soccer player in Washington County, Pennsylvania, is accused of fatally stabbing her, putting her body in the hatch of her vehicle and recruiting his mother for help disposing of the body, authorities said.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
How Gates applied the course to her advantage Gates turned to the network of students to recruit employees for her then-budding startup, Phia, according to the Stanford Daily.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of recruit

Noun

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ended the practice of issuing criminal summonses to e-bike riders for minor infractions this year.

— Ali Bauman, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
To that end, Kersten said, the TLC issued more than 3,500 summonses for unlicensed operations in the first six months of 2026 — compared to 4,369 such summonses issued during all of 2025.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of summons

Verb

Those ideas say some people are superior to others, and the inequality that exists in the world around us reflects those innate differences, and inequality is a good thing, and a necessary thing, and the only real way to organize social life.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The president is organizing a Republican midterm convention in Dallas next month that will serve as much a two-day rally for him as a boon to party candidates nationwide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

Pentagon data consistently shows pay, education benefits and career opportunities are the primary reasons young Americans enlist.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The alerts are sent through cell phones, television, radio, highway message signs and other public channels to quickly enlist the public's help.

— Ahmed Jawadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of enlist

Noun

Ukraine has now added to its immense list of challenges – a crisis in manpower, interceptors, a possible Russian surge in troops through mobilization, and a bleak winter – the discussion of whether its wartime president is legitimate still.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Charisma is fundamentally about mobilization, rather than actual talent competence.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mobilization

Verb

But on Wednesday, Chris Bonelli, Waymo’s product communications manager, summoned one of the all-electric, custom robotaxis to the flowering neighborhood park not far from Cherry Creek to demonstrate the technology to the press.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026
In Ohio, Haitians are being summoned to Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices and fitted with electronic ankle monitors.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of summon

Verb

Harry and Meghan are returning to the UK very soon, with their children enrolled in British schools, which begin their new years in September.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Does that mean Ole Miss would accommodate Dae'Quan Wright, knowing he's not enrolled in school?

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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