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call-up Definition

call·-up (kôl′up′)

noun

Mil. an order, as to those in the reserves, to report for active duty

call up Synonyms

call up

v.

  1. To remember

    recollect, recall, summon up, bring to mind; see remember 1, summon 1.

  2. To summon

    send for, bid, order, recruit; see invite 1, recruit 1, summon 1.

  3. To telephone

    phone, call, ring, ring up; see telephone.

call-up Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • earn: The same month he also earned a first call-up from Jamaica.
  • win: His impressive form saw him win a call-up into the Wales squad and he won his first senior cap in May against Canada.
  • receive: Kennedy received the surprise call-up last week for the friendly game on Wednesday 20th November.
  • get: Hockey: Terry gets call-up Soccer: Old boys back U's Cricket: Essex get powered by Ron's.. .
  • deserve: Smithy deserves a call-up, and the midfield would be greatly enhanced by Lee Bowyer, but it ain't going to happen.

Adjective modifier

  • international: His goal scoring heroics in Tuscany were enough to earn him an international call-up at the ripe old age of 29.
  • late: Andy's figures were nearly bettered at Ottery by 2 nd team skipper Bob Adams who had a late call-up to the ones.
  • first: Yeovil teenager gets Canada call Sat 08 Apr Young Yeovil midfielder Gavin McCallum has earned his first call-up to the senior Canada side.
  • last-minute: Poor availability from key players and last-minute call-ups to the seconds meant they fielded only 10 players.
  • last: Mears was a last minute call-up into England's squad for the Churchill Cup which takes place in Canada next month.

Modifies a noun

  • notice: Because in my case my boss fought against the call-up notice.
  • paper: In 1944, call-up papers arrived for an eighteen year old called Kenneth George Gulliver.
  • age: For example, there are many recent reports of Bosnian Serbs of call-up age moving to Serbia to avoid the draft.
  • system: A separate call-up system is in place for the small number of women in this group.
  • order: It will apply from 7 January 2003 - the date the first call-up order was issued by the Secretary of State for Defense.

Noun used with modifier

  • surprise: Kennedy received the surprise call-up last week for the friendly game on Wednesday 20th November.
  • shock: Powell Picks Addicks Striker Teenage Charlton women's team striker Ann-Marie Heatherson has earned a shock call-up to the England squad.
  • GB: ATHLETICS: Euro hope for Lo... ATHLETICS: GB call-up for L. .

Preposition: of

  • reservist: But repeated call-up of reservists brings new problems for recruiting and retention to these hard pressed areas.

Preposition: for

  • service: Wider recognition came only in 1955, held back partly through his own reluctance to move centre-stage and his disastrous call-up for national service.