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call-up

  [kawl-uhp]
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–noun
1. an order to report for active military service.
2. the number of persons drafted during a specific period of time: The November call-up was set at 15,000.
3. a call or urging to service.
Origin:
1625–35; n. use of v. phrase call up
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call-up   (kôl'ŭp')
n.  The act or an instance of summoning reserve military personnel to active service.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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