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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Olesia Safronova, Fortune, 26 May 2024
The exact amount of call-ups is not yet known and will be made official by specific federations.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2024
Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
Some players might be named to provisional squads before that specific roster is finalized, while others might be called up for friendlies and perhaps not report, so the full number is a bit of a moving target as well.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2024
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Noun
Recently that was lowered to 25 but the situation is made worse by the ineffective call-up of those who do fall into the target range.
—Olesia Safronova, Fortune, 26 May 2024
The exact amount of call-ups is not yet known and will be made official by specific federations.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2024
Verb
The diminutive middle infielder has seven hits in 15 at-bats since being called up May 11, and all seven have come in the past three games.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
Some players might be named to provisional squads before that specific roster is finalized, while others might be called up for friendlies and perhaps not report, so the full number is a bit of a moving target as well.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2024
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“Call-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call-up. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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