call sb out
— phrasal verb with call uk/kɔːl/us/kɑːl/verb
(ASK TO COME)
to ask someone to come in order to do a job, especially when it is an emergency:
We had to call out a doctor.
The government called the army out to deal with violent disorder on the streets.
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Inviting & summoning
- ask
- ask sb in
- ask sb out
- call
- call sb in
- call-out
- convene
- invitation
- invite
- invite sb in
- invite sb over
- invitee
- recall
- send
- send for sb
- summon
- summons
(CRITICIZE)
informal to criticize someone or ask them to explain their actions:
If he did anything wrong, I'd be the first to call him out on it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pick holes in sth idiom
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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