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Phrase(s): call someone or something up
to call someone, a group, or a company on the telephone. • I will call them up and see what they have to say. • Please call up the supplier., Phrase(s): call something up
to summon information from a computer. • John used his laptop to call the information up. • With a few strokes on the computer keyboard, Sally called up the figures she was looking for., Phrase(s): call someone up
to request that someone or a group report for active military service. (See also call someone or something out.) • The government called the reserve units up for active service. • They called up another battalion.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Summon to military service, as in He was called up for active duty. [Late 1600s]. 2. Cause to remember, bring to mind, as in These stories call up old times. [c. 1700] Also see CALL TO MIND. 3. Telephone someone, as in I'll call up the theater and find out about tickets. [Late 1800s] 4. Retrieve data from a computer memory, as in I asked him to call up the last quarter's sales figures. [Second half of 1900s]
American Heritage Idioms