call-up

[kawl-uhp]

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noun

an order to report for active military service.
the number of persons drafted during a specific period of time: The November call-up was set at 15,000.
a call or urging to service.

Origin of call-up

First recorded in 1625–35; noun use of verb phrase call up

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Related Words for call-up

selection, lottery, roundup, assembly, congeries, crowd, company, roster, convocation, aggregation, collection, group, draft, rally, meeting, roll, assemblage, mobilization, levy, assignment

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Contemporary Examples of call-up

Benny Gantz announced that training and call-up orders for reservists would be cancelled for the remainder of the year.
IDF Budget Cuts Are An Opportunity In Disguise
Yaakov Katz
June 10, 2013