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Call-up

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An order to report for military service.

    "Fly-half Aaron Cruden hyper-extended his knee horribly in contact and was carried off the pitch, forcing Graham Henry to bring on Donald - a man who was fishing for whitebait a fortnight ago before injuries to Dan Carter and Colin Slade triggered his emergency call-up."

Etymology

Deverbal from call up.

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