单词 | call-up papers |
释义 | > as lemmascall-up papers General attributive (in sense 1), as call-up age, call-up papers, etc. ΚΠ 1916 Evening News (London) 7 Mar. 3/4 The War Office wanted to know about him. He got a call-up form. 1917 Times 13 Mar. 3/4 The witness requested him to produce his call-up paper. 1945 News Chron. 1 June 4/2 We still propose to go on calling up young men under 30 as they reach the call-up age. 1981 C. Smythe If you can't beat 'em in Alley vii. 147 Call-up training had been extended from thirty days originally to four months and then to indefinite service. 1983 Sunday Times 30 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 39/4 Army regulations appear to have been altered to permit convicted ‘refuseniks’ to be served with new call-up orders the moment they leave prison. 2004 A. Greig In Another Light (2005) 245 When the call-up papers came, he refused to join. < as lemmas |
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