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call attention to

   Also found in: Legal 0.03 sec.
call someone's attention to something and call something to someone's attention
to bring something to someone's notice; to make someone recognize some fact. May I call your attention to the sign on the door? He called to our attention the notice on the wall.
See also: attention, call

call attention to someone or something

to cause someone, including oneself, or something to be noticed or observed. I think he dresses like that simply to call attention to himself.
See also: attention, call


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The Olympics for China is a giant spectacle, a game, but for us it's much more than that — it's a chance to call attention to what is happening in Tibet," said Tsering Gyurmey, of San Francisco, who is a member of the Tibetan Association of Northern California.
The essays span history, offering a cross-cultural, in depth look at subject, and call attention to the marvels and wonders of the desert.
Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin plans to visit California's southern border in order to call attention to policies he claims threaten our nation.
 
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