CALL OUT


Meaning of CALL OUT in English

If you call someone out , you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.

Colombia has called out the army and imposed emergency measures...

I called the doctor out...

The fire brigade should always be called out to a house fire.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P , be V-ed P to n

see also call 3

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