call sb up
— phrasal verb with call uk/kɔːl/us/kɑːl/verb
(PHONE)
mainly US to use the phone to talk to someone:
My dad called me up to tell me the good news.
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- I can't call her up in the middle of the night.
- Call me up any time.
- Call me up at home if you like.
- You can call up and leave a message if I'm out.
- I called her up twice already.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - by telephone
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- alarm call
- bell
- break
- break up
- cold-calling
- conference call
- connection
- cut
- give sb a buzz idiom
- hash
- hold
- ICE (number)
- put sb through
- put sth down 1
- telecommuting
- tinkle
- top-up card
- transfer
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Communicating & keeping in touch
(MILITARY)
C2 [ M usually passive ] to order someone to join a military organization or to ask someone to join an official, especially national, team:
He was called up when the war began.
Lucie Saint was called up for the final against Brazil.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Joining or leaving the army
- buy
- buy yourself out
- call-up
- cashier
- commission
- demob
- demobilize
- desert
- deserter
- desertion
- draft
- draft dodger
- draftee
- enlist
- enlisted
- join
- join up
- recruit
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