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
Examples of call-up in a Sentence
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
Out: Tracy Walker, Jalen Mahoney, Tayler Hawkins The Niners will probably keep Walker around as a game-day practice-squad call-up.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
Steve Price, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Upon entering, he was called up to be tried by the E-meter, an instrument that measures the strength of a small electrical current that passes through the body of the person undergoing auditing.
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Elias named three pitchers on his shortlist for a call-up should the Orioles need a starter: top pitching prospect Cade Povich, six-year MLB veteran Cole Irvin and Young.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
Out: Tracy Walker, Jalen Mahoney, Tayler Hawkins The Niners will probably keep Walker around as a game-day practice-squad call-up.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
Verb
Should the likes of Fikayo Tomori or Tammy Abraham also earn a call up later this year, then England could have a player in their squad from all of Europe’s top five leagues.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Upon entering, he was called up to be tried by the E-meter, an instrument that measures the strength of a small electrical current that passes through the body of the person undergoing auditing.
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
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“Call-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-up. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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