call-up

1 of 2

noun

ˈkȯl-ˌəp 

1

: an order to report for military service

2

: a baseball player brought up to a major league team from the minor leagues

call up

2 of 2

verb

called up; calling up; calls up

transitive verb

1

: to summon together (as for a united effort)

call up all his forces for the attack

2

: to bring to mind : evoke

3

: to summon before an authority

4

a

: to summon for active military duty

b

: to bring up from a minor league to a major league baseball team

5

: to bring forward for consideration or action

6

: to retrieve from the memory of a computer especially for display and user interaction

Examples of call-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

This January, Atencio received his first senior USMNT call-up, where Rapids goalkeeper Zack Steffen also participated and got his first cap in nearly three years. —Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025

Hoerner debuted as a September call-up following multiple infielder injuries a little more than a year after the Cubs took him with the No. 24 pick in 2018. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025

Verb

The goal came after the 25-year-old pending unrestricted free agent got called up to the Leafs this week. —Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025

Luigi Mangione’s cousin Pete Mangione is called up to the FC Cincinnati first team for Concacaf Champions Cup play. —Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for call-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

call-up

noun

ˈkȯ-ˌləp

: an order to report for military service