1
: an order to report for military service
2
: a baseball player brought up to a major league team from the minor leagues
called up; calling up; calls up
1
: to summon together (as for a united effort)
call up all his forces for the attack
2
: to bring to mind : evoke
3
: to summon before an authority
4
a
: to summon for active military duty
b
: to bring up from a minor league to a major league baseball team
5
: to bring forward for consideration or action
6
: to retrieve from the memory of a computer especially for display and user interaction
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David O'Brien, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
With Alexander Mattison and Zamir White out with injuries, 10th-year veteran Ameer Abdullah and practice-squad call-up Sincere McCormick found some lanes behind an offensive line group starting together for the second straight time.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
One day fans might use their smartphones or AR glasses to call up instant replays and player stats in the middle of the game.
—Stephen Farrugia, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Noun
That rookie season came after Holmes, 28, toiled nearly a decade in the minors without a big-league call-up.
—David O'Brien, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
With Alexander Mattison and Zamir White out with injuries, 10th-year veteran Ameer Abdullah and practice-squad call-up Sincere McCormick found some lanes behind an offensive line group starting together for the second straight time.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Lightning called up Steven Santini from AHL Syracuse to give them an extra right-side defenseman; Crunch defenseman Max Crozier also would have been on the short list of potential callups had he not been injured.
—Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
One day fans might use their smartphones or AR glasses to call up instant replays and player stats in the middle of the game.
—Stephen Farrugia, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Call-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-up. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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