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call up

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: call up

1
 v
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
2
 v
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
3
 v
bring forward for consideration
4
 nv
an order to report for military duty
call to arms; of military personnel
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: call up
1

v get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Synonyms:
call, phone, ring, telephone
call
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
Types:
cell phone
call up by using a cellular phone
call in
make a phone call
Type of:
telecommunicate
communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
2

v recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

“call up memories”
Synonyms:
call back, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think
Antonyms:
blank out, block, draw a blank, forget
be unable to remember
Types:
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know
perceive as familiar
recognise, recognize
perceive to be the same
brush up, refresh, review
refresh one's memory
identify
consider to be equal or the same
3

v bring forward for consideration

“The case was called up in court”
Synonyms:
bring forward
Type of:
raise
cause to be heard or known; express or utter
4

n an order to report for military duty

Type of:
summons
an order to appear in person at a given place and time

v call to arms; of military personnel

Synonyms:
mobilise, mobilize, rally
Antonyms:
demobilise, demobilize, inactivate
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
Type of:
call, send for
order, request, or command to come
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