'call up' definitions:
Definition of 'call up'
(from WordNet)
noun
An order to report for military duty
verb
Bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court" [syn: call up, bring forward]
verb
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring]
verb
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget]
verb
Call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise, demobilize, inactivate]
Synonyms of 'call up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoy,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approximate,
- arouse,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- awake,
- awaken,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- bear resemblance,
- beat the drums,
- bid come,
- blow the coals,
- blow up,
- bring about,
- bring back,
- bring forth,
- bring out,
- bring to light,
- bring to mind,
- bugle call,
- buzz,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call to arms,
- call to mind,
- call together,
- call up spirits,
- canvass,
- catchword,
- cause,
- census,
- cite,
- clarion,
- clarion call,
- collection,
- colligation,
- collocation,
- combination,
- come close,
- come near,
- commandeer,
- compare with,
- comparison,
- compulsory military service,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congregation,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- conjure up spirits,
- conscript,
- conscription,
- convene,
- convergence,
- convoke,
- copy,
- corralling,
- correspond,
- counterfeit,
- data-gathering,
- deduce,
- demand,
- derive,
- detach,
- detach for service,
- dial,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- drag out,
- draw forth,
- draw out,
- educe,
- elicit,
- enkindle,
- enlist,
- enlistment,
- enrage,
- enroll,
- enrollment,
- envisage,
- envision,
- evoke,
- excite,
- exhortation,
- fan,
- fan the fire,
- fan the flame,
- favor,
- feed the fire,
- fire,
- flame,
- follow,
- foment,
- frenzy,
- gathering,
- get from,
- get out of,
- give a ring,
- go back,
- go back over,
- go for broke,
- gung ho,
- hang up,
- hark back,
- heat,
- hold the phone,
- image,
- imitate,
- impassion,
- impress,
- impressment,
- incense,
- incite,
- indent,
- induce,
- induct,
- induction,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- ingathering,
- inspire,
- inventory,
- invoke,
- join,
- junction,
- just see,
- juxtaposition,
- key up,
- kindle,
- lather up,
- levy,
- light the fuse,
- light up,
- list,
- listen in,
- look back,
- look like,
- madden,
- make a call,
- match,
- mimic,
- mind,
- mirror,
- mobilization,
- mobilize,
- move,
- muster,
- muster in,
- muster up,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- objectify,
- obtain,
- order up,
- overexcite,
- page,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- phone,
- picture,
- preconize,
- press,
- procure,
- prompt,
- provoke,
- raise,
- raise ghosts,
- rally,
- rallying cry,
- realize,
- rebel yell,
- recall,
- recall to mind,
- recapture,
- recollect,
- recruit,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- reevoke,
- reflect,
- remember,
- remind one of,
- represent,
- requisition,
- resemble,
- retrace,
- retrospect,
- review,
- review in retrospect,
- revive,
- ring,
- ring off,
- ring up,
- rodeo,
- roundup,
- rouse,
- savor of,
- secure,
- see,
- see in retrospect,
- seem like,
- selective service,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- set astir,
- set fire to,
- set on fire,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- simulate,
- slogan,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- stack up with,
- steam up,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir the embers,
- stir the feelings,
- stir up,
- subpoena,
- suggest,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon spirits,
- summon up,
- summons,
- survey,
- take after,
- telephone,
- think back,
- think of,
- trumpet call,
- turn on,
- use hindsight,
- vision,
- visualize,
- wake,
- wake up,
- waken,
- wangle,
- wangle out of,
- war cry,
- war whoop,
- warm,
- warm the blood,
- watchword,
- whip up,
- winkle out,
- work into,
- work up,
- worm out,
- worm out of
Words containing 'call up'
- At call,
- Call,
- Calle,
- Called,
- Calling,
- On call,
- To call down,
- To call for,
- To call in,
- To call off,
- To call on,
- To call out,
- To call over,
- To call up,
- call at,
- call down,
- call for,
- call in,
- call off,
- call on,
- call out,
- so called,
- Call bird,
- Call boy,
- Call note,
- Call of the house,
- Call to the bar,
- Calling crab,
- Effectual calling,
- Fatigue call,
- House of call,
- Quail call,
- Roll call,
- So-called,
- To call a bond,
- To call a party,
- To call back,
- To call forth,
- To call names,
- To call the roll,
- To call to account,
- To call to mind,
- To call to order,
- To call to the bar,
- To call upon,
- Watering call,
- bugle call,
- call attention,
- call attention to,
- call back,
- call box,
- call center,
- call centre,
- call fire,
- call forth,
- call forwarding,
- call girl,
- call into question,
- call it a day,
- call it quits,
- call loan,
- call mark,
- call number,
- call on the carpet,
- call option,
- call the shots,
- call the tune,
- call to order,
- call waiting,
- call-in,
- call-out,
- calling card,
- calling hare,
- calling into question,
- calling together,
- close call,
- collect call,
- conference call,
- crank call,
- curtain call,
- distress call,
- effectual call,
- function call,
- local call,
- mail call,
- margin call,
- muster call,
- name calling,
- phone call,
- port of call,
- service call,
- sick call,
- siren call,
- system call,
- telephone call,
- toll call,
- trunk call,
- To call any one names,
- call one's bluff,
- call-back,
- call-board,
- supervisor call instruction,
- wake-up call,
- bell-like call,
- long-distance call,
- salafast group for call and combat,
- three-way calling,
- two-note call