Antonyms for calls up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kawl

Phonetic Transcription : kɔl

Definition 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

Synonyms for calls up

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