I remember looking in the card catalogue of the main Public Library under "Homosexuality" and not daring to call up the books because "they" might think I was one.
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Call up
Synonyms for "call up" (292 found)
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Closest matches (59)
annoyapeappear likeapproachapproximatearouseassemblageassemblyawakeawakenbe likebe redolent ofbear resemblancebeat the drumbeat the drumsbid comeblow the coalsblow upbring aboutbring back
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bring forthbring outbring to lightbring to mindbugle callbuzzcallcall awaycall backcall forcall forthcall incall outcall to armscall to mindcall togethercall up spiritscanvasscatchwordcausecensusciteclarionclarion callcollectioncolligationcollocationcombinationcome closecome nearcommandeercomparecompare withcomparisoncompulsory military serviceconcourse
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Strong matches (87)
concurrenceconfluenceconfluxcongregationconjureconjure upconjure up spiritsconscriptconscriptionconveneconvergenceconvokecopycorrallingcorrespondcounterfeitdata-gatheringdeducedemandderive
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Related words (146)
kindlelather uplevylight the fuselight uplistlisten inlooklook backlook likemaddenmake a callmatchmimicmindmirrormobilizationmobilizemovemuster
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muster inmuster upnearnearly reproducenot tell apartobjectifyobtainoccasionorder upoverexcitepageparallelpartake ofphonepicturepreconizepressprocurepromptprovokequoteraiseraise ghostsrallyrallying cryrealizerebel yellrecallrecall to mindrecapturerecollectrecruitrecruitingrecruitmentreevokereflectrememberremind one ofrepresentrequisitionresembleretraceretrospectreviewreview in retrospectreviveringring offring uprodeorounduprousesavor ofscrewsecureseesee in retrospectseemseem likeselective servicesend aftersend forserveset astirset fire toset on firesign onsign upsimulateslogansmack ofsound likestack upstack up withsteam upstimulatestirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upsubpoenasuggestsummonsummon forthsummon spiritssummon upsummonssurveytake aftertelephonethink backthink oftrumpet callturn onuse hindsightvisionvisualizewakewake upwakenwanglewangle out ofwar crywar whoopwarmwarm the bloodwatchwordwhip upwinkle outwork intowork upworm outworm out of
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Sample sentences
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The Emoji Movie takes place in “Textopolis,” where emojis maintain their assigned expression with no deviation, waiting to be called up for their on-screen appearance as needed.
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“I don’t know if I’ll go to war or not, I don’t know what process the guys who are being called up are going through,” he wrote. “At the moment, our army is fully coping with the offensives of Russian soldiers and equipment.”
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Dean Ashton was called up to the England squad for the first time.
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