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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Fiifi Frimpong, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Anthony's call-up served as a bookend to one of the worst chapters in Red Sox history -- a chapter of pure mediocrity, false promises, and financial stinginess.
—Joey Copponi, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
What follows is a story about a self-satisfied dentist trying to divorce his wife, who hires Carlyle Bedlow—the Dolokhov Willy always called up for a dirty job—to seduce her and somehow photograph her in the act, in order to produce airtight grounds for divorce.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Noun
Thrown right into the fire after getting the call-up from Triple-A Syracuse, Kranick saw the game turn upside down after Danny Jansen capped the six-run frame with with a two-run homer that made the score 7-5.
—Fiifi Frimpong, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Anthony's call-up served as a bookend to one of the worst chapters in Red Sox history -- a chapter of pure mediocrity, false promises, and financial stinginess.
—Joey Copponi, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Verb
The duo was called up to the main roster in 2016 and won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
What follows is a story about a self-satisfied dentist trying to divorce his wife, who hires Carlyle Bedlow—the Dolokhov Willy always called up for a dirty job—to seduce her and somehow photograph her in the act, in order to produce airtight grounds for divorce.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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“Call-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-up. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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