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Antonyms for call up
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kawl-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔlˌʌp |
- arrest
- avoid
- break
- calm
- cancel
- check
- damage
- decline
- decrease
- demobilize
- deny
- destroy
- deteriorate
- diminish
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discharge
- discourage
- dismiss
- disorganize
- disperse
- displace
- dispute
- disregard
- dissuade
- divide
- division
- dodge
- eject
- end
- erase
- exclude
- exonerate
- expel
- fire
- forfeit
- forget
- give
- halt
- hold back
- hurt
- ignore
- kill
- lay off
- leave
- let go
- lose
- miss
- misunderstand
- neglect
- oust
- pass
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- remove
- repel
- repress
- restore
- retard
- ruin
- scatter
- separate
- separation
- shun
- slow
- stop
- throw away
- unfasten
- veto
- waste
- weaken
- withdraw
- worsen
Definition of call up
Origin :- early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.
- As in muster : noun gathering
- As in draft : noun military conscription
- 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
- "The card orders me to call up the hospital," said the guard.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Call up the house and see if they've gone back for any reason.
- Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
- I shall, however, call up the ship's company and let them decide.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- Some of its earlier scenes are too revolting for the imagination to call up.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- At any time of day or night he could call up a vision of their gleaming brightness.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Let's call up every one of the girls and then we'll surely find them.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- Call up the scouts one by one and let them see the track and say who made it.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- Did you ever see such paralyzing expressions as she can call up!
- Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
- "Very well; then I will call up the Allingham's" responded Mrs. Bateman.
- Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow
- "He's going to call up Bothwell to tell him I've gone," was my guess.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
Synonyms for call up
- accept
- actify
- activate
- actuate
- admit
- admonish
- advise
- aggregation
- allotment
- animate
- anticipate
- appoint
- apprehend
- arouse
- assemblage
- assemble
- assembly
- assign
- assignment
- attract
- augment
- awaken
- bear in mind
- become student
- bethink
- better
- bring back to
- bring to mind
- brood over
- build up
- buzz
- call
- call attention
- call of duty
- call to arms
- call to mind
- call together
- call up
- call-up
- catalyze
- caution
- charge
- choose
- circulate
- cite
- collect
- collection
- come to one
- commemorate
- company
- conceive of
- congeries
- congregate
- congress
- conjure up
- conscribe
- conscript
- contact
- convene
- convocation
- convoke
- create
- crowd
- deliver
- demand
- dial
- dig into the past
- divine
- draft
- dragoon
- dream up
- drive
- dwell upon
- educe
- elicit
- embody
- emphasize
- employ
- energize
- engage
- enlist
- enroll
- enshrine
- enter
- enter into
- envisage
- envision
- equip
- evoke
- exact
- extort
- extract
- fancy
- feature
- fill up
- find human resources
- fix in the mind
- flash
- flash on
- foresee
- gain
- gather
- get
- get back to
- get on the horn
- get on the line
- get ready
- get someone on the horn
- get the picture
- give a call
- give a cue
- give a jingle
- give a ring
- go back
- greetings
- group
- hark back
- have memories
- head count
- hint
- hire
- hitch
- hold dear
- image
- imagine
- impel
- imply
- impress
- impressment
- improve
- incorporate
- indite
- induct
- induction
- initiate
- inscribe
- interest
- intimate
- jog one's memory
- join
- join up
- keep forever
- know by heart
- lay on
- learn
- letter from Uncle Sam
- levy
- list
- live in the past
- look back
- lottery
- make a call
- make one remember
- make one think
- make ready
- marshal
- matriculate
- meet
- meeting
- memorialize
- memorize
- mention
- mind
- mobilization
- mobilize
- motivate
- move
- muse over
- muster
- nail down
- nail it down
- nose count
- note
- object
- oblige
- obtain
- organize
- phone
- pick up
- picture
- place
- point out
- prepare
- press
- press into service
- procure
- prod
- prompt
- propel
- proselytize
- put a call through
- put in mind
- put in motion
- put on
- raise
- rally
- ready
- reanimate
- recall
- recognize
- recollect
- record
- recoup
- recover
- recruit
- recruiting
- recuperate
- reestablish
- reflect
- refresh
- refresh memory
- regain
- register
- registration
- reinforce
- reinstate
- reintroduce
- relive
- remember
- remind
- reminisce
- rendezvous
- renew
- repair
- replenish
- repossess
- reserve
- restore
- retain
- retrieve
- retrospect
- review
- revive
- revoke
- ring
- ring a bell
- ring up
- roll
- roll call
- roster
- round up
- roundup
- rouse
- secure
- see
- see in the mind's eye
- select
- selection
- selective service
- serve
- set
- set in motion
- set off
- sign on
- sign up
- start
- stimulate
- stir
- stir up
- store up
- strengthen
- stress
- strike a note
- subscribe
- suggest
- summon
- summon up
- supply
- switch on
- take course
- take in
- take on
- take out of mothballs
- tax
- think
- think back
- think of
- touch base with
- treasure
- trigger
- turn on
- view
- vision
- volunteer
- waken
- warn
- win over
- wrest
- wring
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