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.

  1. a call or urging to service.

Origin of call-up

1
First recorded in 1625–35; noun use of verb phrase call up

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British Dictionary definitions for call up

call up

verb(adverb)
  1. to summon to report for active military service, as in time of war

  2. (tr) to recall (something); evoke: his words called up old memories

  1. (tr) to bring or summon (people, etc) into action: to call up reinforcements

  2. to telephone

nouncall-up
    • a general order to report for military service

    • the number of men so summoned

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Other Idioms and Phrases with call-up

call-up

Summon to military service, as in He was called up for active duty. [Late 1600s]

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