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Synonyms for calls up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kawl
Phonetic Transcription : kɔl

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Définition of calls up

Origin :
  • early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.
  • As in levy : verb assess, impose
  • As in mobilize : verb ready for action, movement
  • As in muster : verb gather, come together
  • As in recall : verb remember
  • As in recruit : verb gather resources
  • As in remember : verb keep in mind; summon into mind
  • As in remind : verb awaken memories of something
  • As in reminisce : verb go over in one's memory
  • As in telephone : verb communicate through telephone system
  • As in visualize : verb make a picture of in the mind
  • As in activate : verb initiate something; start a function
  • As in militarize : verb convert for military use
  • As in phone : verb telephone
  • As in draft : verb select for military force
  • As in enlist : verb sign up for responsibility
  • As in enroll : verb sign up for membership
Example sentences :
  • I goes right to the 'phone and calls up Pinckney at the club.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • I calls up Crosby, makes the date, and we meets on the corner at twelve-thirty.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • That sect that calls up ghosts and goblins by means of the legs of a table!
  • Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
  • So I calls up an old friend of mine and has a little confab.
  • Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford
  • The mention of “them that sell” calls up all the scene of the preceding day.
  • Extract from : « The Parables of Our Lord » by William Arnot
  • I did not see, that his nature shrinks from the thing it calls up.
  • Extract from : « One of Our Conquerors, Complete » by George Meredith
  • It calls up in one's mind the solitude and dreariness of a desert.
  • Extract from : « Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician » by Frederick Niecks
  • Then he calls up an engineer from our construction department.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
  • I'll never cease piping, 'till it calls up a drop to wet my whistle.
  • Extract from : « Wild Oats » by John O'Keeffe
  • It calls up none of the low and degrading passions of our nature.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Curler's Manual » by James Bicket

Antonyms for calls up

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