What is "call up"

n. An order to report for military service. vb. 1 To retrieve from personal or computer memory. 2 (context idiomatic English) To call on the telephone. 3 To select e.g. to a sports squad.

1. n. an order to report for military duty

2. v. bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court" [syn: bring forward]

3. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, phone, ring]

4. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, recollect, think] [ant: forget]

5. call to arms; of military personnel [syn: mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilize]