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call up someone 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. See also: call call up something 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. See also: call |
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Just then, Madame de Villefort, in the act of slipping on her dressing-gown, threw aside the drapery and for a moment stood motionless, as though interrogating the occupants of the room, while she endeavored to call up some rebellious tears. I then desired the governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi, with whom I prevailed to explain their systems to Aristotle. Uncas, call up your father; we have need of all our we'pons to bring the cunning varmint from his roost. |
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