call up

verb

Definition of CALL UP

transitive verb

: to summon together (as for a united effort) <call up all his forces for the attack>

: to bring to mind : evoke

: to summon before an authority

a : to summon for active military duty

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

: to bring forward for consideration or action

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

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