call up

call someone or something up

to call someone, a group, or a company on the telephone. I will call them up and see what they have to say. Please call up the supplier.

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call someone up

to request that someone or a group report for active military service. (See also call someone or something out.) The government called the reserve units up for active service. They called up another battalion.

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call something up

to summon information from a computer. John used his laptop to call the information up. With a few strokes on the computer keyboard, Sally called up the figures she was looking for.

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call up somebody also call somebody up

1. to order soldiers to begin active service The secretary of defense called up more reserves, which brings the total number of troops on active duty to 29,000.

2. to choose someone to play at a higher rank of a sport Herman was called up to the major leagues a month later.

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call up something also call something up

1. to find and bring information to a computer screen Your computer may freeze when you try to call up the file.

2. to cause something to be remembered The attacks called up thoughts of how Americans reacted after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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