call up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive)Toretrievefrompersonalorcomputermemory.1976April 17, A. Nolder Gay, “The View from the Closet”, inGay Community News, page13:I remember looking in the card catalogue of the main Public Library under "Homosexuality" and not daring tocall upthe books because "they" might think I was one.2017July 27, Tony Leondis, “The Emoji Movie is Inside Out crossed with a Sony commercial and dunked in toxic ooze”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:The Emoji Movie takes place in “Textopolis,” where emojis maintain their assigned expression with no deviation, waiting to becalled upfor their on-screen appearance as needed.; (transitive)Tosummon(someone) toreportformilitaryservice.2022March 4,John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, inThe New York Times‎[2]:“I don’t know if I’ll go to war or not, I don’t know what process the guys who are beingcalled upare going through,” he wrote. “At the moment, our army is fully coping with the offensives of Russian soldiers and equipment.”; (transitive)Toselecte.g. to asportssquad.Dean Ashton wascalled upto the England squad for the first time.; (transitive,idiomatic)Tocallon thetelephone.Synonym:ring up1951July 16,J[erome] D[avid] Salinger,The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.:Little, Brown and Company,→OCLC,page25:You take that bookOf Human Bondage, by Somerset Maugham, though. I read it last summer. It’s a pretty good book and all, but I wouldn’t want tocallSomerset Maughamup. I don’t know. He just isn't the kind of a guy I'd want tocall up, that's all.2012,Jeff Bhasker,Nate Ruess,Andrew Dost,Jack Antonoff, “Some Nights”, inSome Nights), performed byfun.:The other night, you wouldn't believeThe dream I just had about you and meIcalledyouup, but we both agreeIt's for the best you didn't listen

Examples:

EN: Algy, you call up the police, them them-- tell them send up a dozen men. Big men, with whiskers.
ES: Algy, llama a la policía y diles que envíen mil hombres, grandes y con bigotes.
EN: You'll have to call up a whole fire department to put me out.
ES: Tendrás que llamar a todo un departamento de bomberos para que me saquen.
EN: If you don't believe me. call up my good friend Captain Gunnersson of the steamer Sverker.
ES: Si no me creen, llamen a mi amigo, el capitán Gunnersson... del "Sverker".
EN: If you feel like you need a chaperon call up Hank.
ES: Si crees que necesitas ayuda habla con Hank.
EN: - I'll call up and say you're coming.
ES: - Llamaré y les diré que irán.
EN: Guess I'll call up Gwen.
ES: Supongo que llamaré a Gwen.
EN: Orville, if them two girls in the common room don't punch out soon. Better call up and see if they're working overtime. Okay.
ES: Si las dos chicas del taller no llegan en punto, ve a ver si realmente hacen horas extras.
EN: I'm going to call up Lou now.
ES: Voy a llamar a Lou.
EN: I'm going to call up the police.
ES: Voy a llamar a la policía.
EN: But you call up Fremont 7495 and mention my name.
ES: Pero llame a Fremont 7495 y dígales que va de mi parte.
EN: I'm waiting until you've gone to call up all the women I know.
ES: Llamaré a todas las mujeres que conozco. Sí.
EN: And now we'll have Polaire call up Dey Emery and have him throw a party for you tonight.
ES: Y ahora haremos que Polaire llame a Dey Emery y le haga una fiesta esta noche.
EN: You know, I can call up five-minute girls, here, London, Paris, Berlin...
ES: En cinco minutos, tengo chicas en Londres, París, Berlín...
EN: Why don't you call up Ruth?
ES: ¿Por qué no llamas a Ruth?
EN: Did you call up all the hospitals?
ES: - ¿Ha llamado a los hospitales?

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