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单词 call someone up
释义

call someone up

1 informal, chiefly North American Phone someone: I have a list of people to call up in the morning...
  • He stalks her, following her to the church where she does volunteer work, and even calls her up anonymously on the telephone.
  • A pollster selects a random sample of voters, calls them up on the telephone, and asks who the respondent would vote for if the election were being held today.
  • When I can't get my email, I call them up on the phone and they explain exactly what's wrong and when they expect it to be fixed.

Synonyms

phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make/place a call to, get, reach;
British ring up, ring, give someone a ring
informal call up, give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz
British informal give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to
North American informal get someone on the horn
phone, telephone, call, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make/place a call to, get, reach;
British ring up, ring, give someone a ring
informal give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz
British informal give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to
North American informal get someone on the horn
2Summon someone to serve in the army: they have called up more than 20,000 reservists...
  • She was a member of the Territorial Army when she was called up to serve in the last conflict.
  • He was called up for the Army in 1939 and served in France during the war, and later in the Middle East.
  • His 19-year-old brother Aidan is also in the army and is currently waiting to see if he is called up to serve in the Gulf.

Synonyms

enlist, recruit, sign up;
conscript;
US draft
2.1Select someone to play in a team, especially at a higher level of competition: he was called up for the international against Turkey...
  • After a stint in Hartford, he is called up to the big team.
  • Though she lost her debut matches, the tennis player hopes she will be called up to play for the senior team in the future.
  • ‘We called him up as the 17th player,’ the team manager said.

Synonyms

select, pick, choose;
British cap
informal give someone the nod
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