CALL UP Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of call (up)

as in to line up

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as in to recruit

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Noun

The 53-man roster has three rookie receivers, so keeping Reagor on the practice squad gives Miami some experience if a call-up is needed. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026 With a right-hander on the mound, that prompted Padres manager Craig Stammen to give rookie Ethan Salas the start at DH, just his second time in the starting lineup since last week’s call-up. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 And there is no obvious replacement on the 40-man roster pushing for a call-up through an extended period of outstanding play. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The Californian native slugged for most of his season in Double-A Erie (and briefly in Triple-A Toledo) before his call-up, one of several Tigers rookies to get their shot in the big leagues in 2026. — Christian Romo, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for call (up)

Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)

Verb

Those grooves encouraged the cells to line up and fuse into fibers that could pull together more effectively.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
How do these two groups of Republican voters line up on the central issue of affordability?

— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of line up

Verb

To help recruit a younger demographic, Clarins has teamed with Pop Mart to create product packaging featuring an illustrated girl character, named Molly in Paris.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
The advisor who ends up on a board wasn’t there to be recruited.

— Jennifer Hoffmann, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruit

Verb

Centuries before officers appeared in uniform, posing as neutral criminologists, policing developed as a method of organizing society.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Contact centers had spent decades organizing high volumes of work into queues, tracking outcomes, and building a body of past interactions.

— David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

In a couple of years, we may be forced to enlist agents to handle all of that inbound for us.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Members who had barely spoken to each other or had climbed on different days are now connected via WhatsApp to try to enlist longtime Manhattan Plaza residents in their cause.

— Sarah Rose Siskind, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlist

Noun

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of 300,000 men seven months later, IT workers were granted full-on waivers.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has effectively started a fresh wave of military mobilization, estimating that there are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of mobilization

Verb

Roy interrupts this life update to summon the Diamond Dogs for advice about his predicament.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of summon

Verb

Of that, $2 billion will fund a new Miami campus, which plans to enroll its first students in 2028.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
Elfe quit her job in luxury retail and enrolled in a teacher assistant certification program at the center in 2022, before continuing her education in its apprenticeship program.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

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