From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
call up
n 1: an order to report for military duty
v 1: bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in
court" [syn: {call up}, {bring forward}]
2: 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}, {call
up}, {phone}, {ring}]
3: 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}, {call up},
{recollect}, {think}] [ant: {blank out}, {block}, {draw a
blank}, {forget}]
4: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: {call up},
{mobilize}, {mobilise}, {rally}] [ant: {demobilise},
{demobilize}, {inactivate}]
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