英语词汇“to call out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive.

a. To summon (a person) to come out to do something, esp. deal with an emergency or provide a service.

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > out or forth

forthclepe?c1000

to call fortha1400

to call outc1450

forthcall1748

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5541 (MED) [Alexander] þe biggist out callis, And raȝt to þaim þire rekenthis to rewle & to hald.

1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man sig. Fj^v Ecclesia, that is to saye, an assemble of people called out from other.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 53 You are called out to see piles of dead carcasses.

1665 B. Worsley Let. 30 Oct. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 565 My Lanlord would needs call me out one night, to see a large quantity of wood.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vi. 52 I called out my whole family to help at saving an after-growth of hay.

1769 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 4) i. iv. 38 They have power..to call out the tenants with their cottars and servants to perform six days work yearly for upholding them [sc. the high-ways].

1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 697 The usual trick of being called out a dozen times, under pretence of a patient wanting me.

1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 July 423/1 The fog-signalmen..are often called out for a night's ‘fogging’ just as they have finished a hard day's work.

1916 J. Martin Diary 8 Oct. in Sapper Martin (2010) 22 Just before dusk we were called out to unload a wagon that had come up the transport track.

1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 168/1 The first thing anyone should do, on discovering a fire, is to call the fire brigade. There is no charge for calling out the firemen.

2009 S. Dallas Prayers for Sale ix. 276 Hennie had expected her to act put-upon at being called out in the storm.

b. spec. To summon (a soldier, regiment, militia, etc.) to active or permanent service in a campaign or in a state of emergency.

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1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 769 Solyman had caused the most faithfull of his colonels, captaines, and corporals to be called out.

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia iv. i. 173 Those souldiers who by the L. Generall were added vnto the body of their army; hee hauing autoritie to call out such other souldiers, who for their long service were discharged from giuing in their names at a muster.

1673 J. Hill Interest of United Provinces sig. Q2^v Having..contracted with a Printer here, He was called out for a Soldjer, and goe he must.

1779 Digest of Militia Laws 112 Every such person, having served in the Militia when called out into actual service.

1798 Lady's Mag. Feb. 68 Before I have a regiment called out for the purpose of being reviewed.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 291 When the trainbands were called out against an enemy.

1853 A. Bunn Old Eng. & New Eng. II. 53 Shot by the military, who had been called out for the occasion.

1899 A. H. Atteridge Wars of Nineties 551 The 1st Reserve was called out to bring the active army up to war strength.

1921 Act 11 & 12 Geo. V c. 15 §9 Where..a man of the Naval Reserves..is called into actual service or called out for permanent service..on an occasion of great emergency.

1977 G. Symcox tr. A. Soboul Short Hist. French Revol. i. 58 The government responded by calling out the army to force the Third Estate into submission.

2014 Herald News (Passaic County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 Aug. c7 There is no need to call out the National Guard when the everyday police look as though they are armed up enough to storm a hill in Kandahar Province.

a. intransitive. To utter a loud call or calls; to cry or shout out.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)]

remeeOE

ropeOE

gredec1000

epec1175

yeiec1175

ascry1352

to cry out1382

to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382

cryc1384

outcryc1390

yawlc1400

openc1425

bursta1450

yelp?c1450

escry1483

assurd1523

to break forth1526

gaure1530

to call out?1532

exclaim1570

reclaim1611

voice1627

blathe1640

to set up one's pipes1671

bawze1677

sing1813

Great-Scott1902

yip1907

?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi x. sig. I.iv One cryeth and calleth out a loude, an other ronneth to and fro, yea whiche waye so euer thou loke,..thou shalte fynde euerye thynge full of noyse and dynne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 88 Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket.

1679 R. Carleton Diana ii. 151 He called out and told me I might get back from the Window by a Ladder he had set up against it.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 44. ¶6 The Mother is heard calling out to her Son for Mercy.

1779 J. King Jrnl. 13 Feb. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 531 I..gave orders to the Centry to call out to me if they saw any Indians lurking about at any distance.

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iv. 55 It would be an easy matter to call out, in so loud a voice as to make old Ishmael dream that the wolves were among his flock.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 73 I called out as loud's ever I could.

1903 H. James Ambassadors xi. xxxi. 407 He hereupon gave large play to these things, agitating his hat and his stick and loudly calling out.

1969 I. Murdoch Bruno's Dream (1977) i. 19 He did not like to call out at night, he was affrighted by his own voice calling in the darkness.

2000 P. Pullman Amber Spyglass (2001) xxv. 359 The sergeant gave a grunting cry and fell clumsily, grasping his leg, trying to breathe, trying to call out.

b. transitive. To utter (something) loudly, forcibly, and distinctly, so as to be heard at a distance; to cry or shout out. Frequently with direct speech as object.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > call

ascrya1375

cryc1420

hail1563

to call out1565

oncrya1600

sing1813

evocate1834

shout1914

yoohoo1948

loud-hail1964

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iii. sig. B.ii^v And come (that all the forest roong) aloud he calleth out. And comme (saieth she).

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 94 She calls out to the varlets she doth keep,..Braine the dog's master first, and then the cur.

1674 R. Head Forreign Jests 35 in Complaisant Compan. The motion of the Bed awaked her Husband, he called out Wife, what are you doing?

1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 71 He could not recover himself to speak till some time,..nor could he call out stop Thief.

1747 Proc. Old Bailey 9 Sept. 221/1 As we were going with the two Prisoners to Newgate somebody calls out Hoy Jack, Where are you going?

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 35/1 Some of the party of boys conceal themselves, and when in their hiding-places call out these words to their companions.

1886 Manch. Examiner 14 Jan. 4/7 Sir Erskine May called out the names of members in the order in which they were to..take the oath.

1923 W. Cather Lost Lady ii. ii. 117 Often he stopped at the kitchen door to call out some pleasantry to Mrs. Forrester.

1970 S. Hazzard Bay of Noon x. 152 They sometimes looked up to us and waved, and she waved back or called out ‘Ciao.’

2013 C. Tsiolkas Barracuda (2014) 25 All the boys around him are staring, jeering; a voice calls out, ‘Dino, that's your mum, isn't it?’

3. transitive. To cause to appear or occur; to bring forth or out.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth

movea1398

drawa1400

provoke?a1425

askc1450

to draw out1525

to stir up1526

allure?1532

suscitate1532

to call out1539

to draw fortha1569

draw1581

attract1593

raise1598

force1602

fetch1622

milka1628

invite1650

summon1679

elicit1822

to work up?1833

educe1840

1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre ii. v. sig. Fvii He sent a company to take the next hyll, & so to call out his enemie.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xliii. 135 Ointments, which do call out and bring foorth the humours from within.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 254 The clamorous fray Calls out a lion.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. xvi. 57 The sottishness of Idolatrous worship, that calls out the Affections to such gross and unfitting objects.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. vii. 243 My Landlord, who had been called out by the Arrival of a Horseman at the Gate, now returned into the Kitchin.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 11 Danger, which, by a sure instinct, calls out the courage to resist it.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 164 While the Mists Flying, and rainy Vapours, call out Shapes And Phantoms from the crags.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 176 [The King's] fiercest burst of vengeance was called out by an insult to his mother.

1925 Lancet 6 June 1192/2 It seems improbable that this method can call out all the many reactions which are known to result from direct irradiation of the organism.

1950 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 4/3 It is his earliest memories which call out his most brilliant sketches.

2006 S. Steele White Guilt iii. 21 Wounds and injustices create only the potential for anger, but weakness in the oppressor calls out anger.

4. transitive.

a. To challenge (a person) to a fight, esp. a duel. Cf. to take out 6c at take v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now archaic.Sometimes, but not necessarily, with the implication of asking a person outside to fight.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > challenge to single combat or duel

appealc1400

becallc1400

bid1487

challenge1598

to call out1671

to take out1749

1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iv. 45 Brisk. Well, ha, ha, ha, I have consider'd on't, and Gad thou art a very honest fellow, I have that affection for thee, that the Devil take me if I fight with thee. Raym. Why did you call me out then?

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lix. 253 I was surprized at this promise, which I construed into a threat, and resolved, if ever he should call me out again, to use whatever advantage fortune might give me over him, in another manner.

1798 C. Stearns Wooden Boy i. i, in Dramatic Dialogues for Use in Schools 327 I mean to learn the art of fencing before I make pretensions to the ladies, and then if a man rivals me, I'll call him out.

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 111 Damme if I don't call them out.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xi. 79 He..contrived, before six weeks were over his head, to be called out for a criticism which was too free and frank even for those times.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xiv. 207 I can think of several things you might do. They would all of them do Martin a world of good, but they don't include calling him out.

2001 C. Camp Winter Scandal 381 If you were any other man, I would call you out.

b. Originally and chiefly U.S. To expose or identify (a person) as acting in a dishonest or otherwise unacceptable manner; to challenge or confront. Frequently with on. Cf. to call on —— 5 at Phrasal verbs 2.

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1981 Akwesasne Notes (N.Y.) Autumn 12/3 The military had..tried to cover up the incident. This..Military commander..had been responsible during the case of the Elder Lester Athars and so the people now were openly calling him out as an assassin, a murderer.

1992 Vibe Fall (Preview Issue) 112/4 Today the more exploitative wanna-bes—Vanilla Ice is the best example—are called out as the frauds they are.

1997 Washington Post 27 Sept. h9/1 Our leaders..are..profoundly out of touch with the lives of those they allegedly represent. Still,..we keep their race secrets, do not call them out on their reactionary politics,..their ignorance [etc.].

1999 J. Morgan When Chickenheads come Home to Roost 67 That works until someone, usually a sista-friend, calls me out and says that while all of that was valid, none of it explains why I stayed in an obviously abusive relationship.

2013 G. Albin Altered iv. 38 I dislike how he speaks to Greta. But there's no time to call him out on it.

5. transitive. To withdraw (money held in a bank or similar institution). Now rare.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > withdraw (money)

to call out1682

to draw out1745

withdraw1776

1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 211 Severall persons who had money in the chamber of London..thought fitt to call it out, but were told there were no orders to pay any.

1693 H. Chamberlen Papers Bank of Credit 4/2 Let them put it into the Bank upon these Terms, viz. To have 4 per cent Interest: And if they call out their Money, which not to be till after two years certain, and then giving six Months Notice; they shall accept it in this Credit.

1839 F. Litchfield Three Dialogues on Corn Laws ii. 21 Some of 'em have put their money out at interest, they must fetch it in. Some have put money in the Savings' Bank, they must call it out.

1913 V. L. Whitechurch Three Summers ii. ii. 115 There was an understanding in our agreement that George could call out his money any time after the first three years on three months' notice.

1981 C. Trebilcock Industrialization of Continental Powers iii. 165 The business community experiences little incentive to call out the savings.

6. transitive. Of a trade union: to instruct (workers) to strike.

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society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (transitive)] > summon (workers) to strike

to call out1843

strike1950

1843 Northern Star & Leeds Gen. Advertiser 19 Aug. What immense advantage would accrue from the consolidation of their funds, to..employ the hands that may be called out on strike.

1895 H. P. Robinson Men Born Equal 284 Ugly threats, moreover, were being made by the strikers that the members of other labor organizations would be ‘called out’.

1947 Times 1 May 5/2 The chairman..talked of launching a national strike and of calling out the seamen, the road transport workers, and the engineers.

1957 Screen Printer & Display Producer July 1/1 It was never the intention of the Union to call all its members out.

2003 Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. 18 Unison has already officially called out its workers for one or two-day strikes over the issue of London living allowances.

7. transitive. Usually in passive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To identify or single out (something), esp. as a problem or cause of trouble.

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1969 Operator's Man., Power Meter (Hewlett-Packard Model 432A) (U.S. Army Tech, Man. TM 9-6625-2469-15) Dec. 7-1/1 The detailed charts refer the user to transistor stages. In a few instances, specific parts are called out as being possible causes of circuit malfunction.

1975 Urban Pedestrian Accident Countermeasures Exper. Eval. (U.S. Dept. Transportation) II. App. A, ii. 16 Such examples as dart-outs, illegal street crossings, and failure to obey traffic signals are called out as indicative of the pedestrian unpredictability.

1988 Electr. Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symp. Proc. (EOS/ESD Assoc.) 191/2 Two types of tests are called out as options to be performed at each severity level.

2013 K. Raber Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture 139 John Taylor..called out the hackney coach especially for its blockage of trade vehicles.

8. intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To contact one's employer, school, etc., typically by telephone, to report one's absence; chiefly with complement, esp. in to call out sick.

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1976 Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg-Leominster, Mass.) 16 Apr. 1/6 Bray said no one called out sick in the DPW at all this week..[due] to his demands that anyone out sick must have a doctor to certify illness.

1996 Perspectives Mar. 31/2 When the kids get sick and my husband is not available, I am the relief veterinarian and can't very well call out from work.

2012 H. K. Lanier Teaching in Terrordome vi. 89 When a teacher called out, classrooms sometimes went unsupervised.

2014 D. Clawson & N. Gerstel Unequal Time vii. 133 It's pretty rare for people to call out sick. We have a very high threshold for calling out sick.

单词	to call out
释义	> as lemmas to call out to call out 1. transitive. a. To summon (a person) to come out to do something, esp. deal with an emergency or provide a service. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > out or forth forthclepe?c1000 to call fortha1400 to call outc1450 forthcall1748 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5541 (MED) [Alexander] þe biggist out callis, And raȝt to þaim þire rekenthis to rewle & to hald. 1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man sig. Fj^v Ecclesia, that is to saye, an assemble of people called out from other. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 53 You are called out to see piles of dead carcasses. 1665 B. Worsley Let. 30 Oct. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 565 My Lanlord would needs call me out one night, to see a large quantity of wood. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vi. 52 I called out my whole family to help at saving an after-growth of hay. 1769 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 4) i. iv. 38 They have power..to call out the tenants with their cottars and servants to perform six days work yearly for upholding them [sc. the high-ways]. 1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 697 The usual trick of being called out a dozen times, under pretence of a patient wanting me. 1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 July 423/1 The fog-signalmen..are often called out for a night's ‘fogging’ just as they have finished a hard day's work. 1916 J. Martin Diary 8 Oct. in Sapper Martin (2010) 22 Just before dusk we were called out to unload a wagon that had come up the transport track. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 168/1 The first thing anyone should do, on discovering a fire, is to call the fire brigade. There is no charge for calling out the firemen. 2009 S. Dallas Prayers for Sale ix. 276 Hennie had expected her to act put-upon at being called out in the storm. b. spec. To summon (a soldier, regiment, militia, etc.) to active or permanent service in a campaign or in a state of emergency. ΚΠ 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 769 Solyman had caused the most faithfull of his colonels, captaines, and corporals to be called out. 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia iv. i. 173 Those souldiers who by the L. Generall were added vnto the body of their army; hee hauing autoritie to call out such other souldiers, who for their long service were discharged from giuing in their names at a muster. 1673 J. Hill Interest of United Provinces sig. Q2^v Having..contracted with a Printer here, He was called out for a Soldjer, and goe he must. 1779 Digest of Militia Laws 112 Every such person, having served in the Militia when called out into actual service. 1798 Lady's Mag. Feb. 68 Before I have a regiment called out for the purpose of being reviewed. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 291 When the trainbands were called out against an enemy. 1853 A. Bunn Old Eng. & New Eng. II. 53 Shot by the military, who had been called out for the occasion. 1899 A. H. Atteridge Wars of Nineties 551 The 1st Reserve was called out to bring the active army up to war strength. 1921 Act 11 & 12 Geo. V c. 15 §9 Where..a man of the Naval Reserves..is called into actual service or called out for permanent service..on an occasion of great emergency. 1977 G. Symcox tr. A. Soboul Short Hist. French Revol. i. 58 The government responded by calling out the army to force the Third Estate into submission. 2014 Herald News (Passaic County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 Aug. c7 There is no need to call out the National Guard when the everyday police look as though they are armed up enough to storm a hill in Kandahar Province. 2. a. intransitive. To utter a loud call or calls; to cry or shout out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] remeeOE ropeOE gredec1000 epec1175 yeiec1175 ascry1352 to cry out1382 to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382 cryc1384 outcryc1390 yawlc1400 openc1425 bursta1450 yelp?c1450 escry1483 assurd1523 to break forth1526 gaure1530 to call out?1532 exclaim1570 reclaim1611 voice1627 blathe1640 to set up one's pipes1671 bawze1677 sing1813 Great-Scott1902 yip1907 ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi x. sig. I.iv One cryeth and calleth out a loude, an other ronneth to and fro, yea whiche waye so euer thou loke,..thou shalte fynde euerye thynge full of noyse and dynne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 88 Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket. View more context for this quotation 1679 R. Carleton Diana ii. 151 He called out and told me I might get back from the Window by a Ladder he had set up against it. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 44. ¶6 The Mother is heard calling out to her Son for Mercy. 1779 J. King Jrnl. 13 Feb. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 531 I..gave orders to the Centry to call out to me if they saw any Indians lurking about at any distance. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iv. 55 It would be an easy matter to call out, in so loud a voice as to make old Ishmael dream that the wolves were among his flock. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 73 I called out as loud's ever I could. 1903 H. James Ambassadors xi. xxxi. 407 He hereupon gave large play to these things, agitating his hat and his stick and loudly calling out. 1969 I. Murdoch Bruno's Dream (1977) i. 19 He did not like to call out at night, he was affrighted by his own voice calling in the darkness. 2000 P. Pullman Amber Spyglass (2001) xxv. 359 The sergeant gave a grunting cry and fell clumsily, grasping his leg, trying to breathe, trying to call out. b. transitive. To utter (something) loudly, forcibly, and distinctly, so as to be heard at a distance; to cry or shout out. Frequently with direct speech as object. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > call ascrya1375 cryc1420 hail1563 to call out1565 oncrya1600 sing1813 evocate1834 shout1914 yoohoo1948 loud-hail1964 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iii. sig. B.ii^v And come (that all the forest roong) aloud he calleth out. And comme (saieth she). 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 94 She calls out to the varlets she doth keep,..Braine the dog's master first, and then the cur. 1674 R. Head Forreign Jests 35 in Complaisant Compan. The motion of the Bed awaked her Husband, he called out Wife, what are you doing? 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 71 He could not recover himself to speak till some time,..nor could he call out stop Thief. 1747 Proc. Old Bailey 9 Sept. 221/1 As we were going with the two Prisoners to Newgate somebody calls out Hoy Jack, Where are you going? 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 35/1 Some of the party of boys conceal themselves, and when in their hiding-places call out these words to their companions. 1886 Manch. Examiner 14 Jan. 4/7 Sir Erskine May called out the names of members in the order in which they were to..take the oath. 1923 W. Cather Lost Lady ii. ii. 117 Often he stopped at the kitchen door to call out some pleasantry to Mrs. Forrester. 1970 S. Hazzard Bay of Noon x. 152 They sometimes looked up to us and waved, and she waved back or called out ‘Ciao.’ 2013 C. Tsiolkas Barracuda (2014) 25 All the boys around him are staring, jeering; a voice calls out, ‘Dino, that's your mum, isn't it?’ 3. transitive. To cause to appear or occur; to bring forth or out. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth movea1398 drawa1400 provoke?a1425 askc1450 to draw out1525 to stir up1526 allure?1532 suscitate1532 to call out1539 to draw fortha1569 draw1581 attract1593 raise1598 force1602 fetch1622 milka1628 invite1650 summon1679 elicit1822 to work up?1833 educe1840 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre ii. v. sig. Fvii He sent a company to take the next hyll, & so to call out his enemie. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xliii. 135 Ointments, which do call out and bring foorth the humours from within. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 254 The clamorous fray Calls out a lion. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. xvi. 57 The sottishness of Idolatrous worship, that calls out the Affections to such gross and unfitting objects. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. vii. 243 My Landlord, who had been called out by the Arrival of a Horseman at the Gate, now returned into the Kitchin. View more context for this quotation 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 11 Danger, which, by a sure instinct, calls out the courage to resist it. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 164 While the Mists Flying, and rainy Vapours, call out Shapes And Phantoms from the crags. View more context for this quotation 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 176 [The King's] fiercest burst of vengeance was called out by an insult to his mother. 1925 Lancet 6 June 1192/2 It seems improbable that this method can call out all the many reactions which are known to result from direct irradiation of the organism. 1950 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 4/3 It is his earliest memories which call out his most brilliant sketches. 2006 S. Steele White Guilt iii. 21 Wounds and injustices create only the potential for anger, but weakness in the oppressor calls out anger. 4. transitive. a. To challenge (a person) to a fight, esp. a duel. Cf. to take out 6c at take v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now archaic.Sometimes, but not necessarily, with the implication of asking a person outside to fight. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > challenge to single combat or duel appealc1400 becallc1400 bid1487 challenge1598 to call out1671 to take out1749 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iv. 45 Brisk. Well, ha, ha, ha, I have consider'd on't, and Gad thou art a very honest fellow, I have that affection for thee, that the Devil take me if I fight with thee. Raym. Why did you call me out then? 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lix. 253 I was surprized at this promise, which I construed into a threat, and resolved, if ever he should call me out again, to use whatever advantage fortune might give me over him, in another manner. 1798 C. Stearns Wooden Boy i. i, in Dramatic Dialogues for Use in Schools 327 I mean to learn the art of fencing before I make pretensions to the ladies, and then if a man rivals me, I'll call him out. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 111 Damme if I don't call them out. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xi. 79 He..contrived, before six weeks were over his head, to be called out for a criticism which was too free and frank even for those times. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xiv. 207 I can think of several things you might do. They would all of them do Martin a world of good, but they don't include calling him out. 2001 C. Camp Winter Scandal 381 If you were any other man, I would call you out. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. To expose or identify (a person) as acting in a dishonest or otherwise unacceptable manner; to challenge or confront. Frequently with on. Cf. to call on —— 5 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1981 Akwesasne Notes (N.Y.) Autumn 12/3 The military had..tried to cover up the incident. This..Military commander..had been responsible during the case of the Elder Lester Athars and so the people now were openly calling him out as an assassin, a murderer. 1992 Vibe Fall (Preview Issue) 112/4 Today the more exploitative wanna-bes—Vanilla Ice is the best example—are called out as the frauds they are. 1997 Washington Post 27 Sept. h9/1 Our leaders..are..profoundly out of touch with the lives of those they allegedly represent. Still,..we keep their race secrets, do not call them out on their reactionary politics,..their ignorance [etc.]. 1999 J. Morgan When Chickenheads come Home to Roost 67 That works until someone, usually a sista-friend, calls me out and says that while all of that was valid, none of it explains why I stayed in an obviously abusive relationship. 2013 G. Albin Altered iv. 38 I dislike how he speaks to Greta. But there's no time to call him out on it. 5. transitive. To withdraw (money held in a bank or similar institution). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > withdraw (money) to call out1682 to draw out1745 withdraw1776 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 211 Severall persons who had money in the chamber of London..thought fitt to call it out, but were told there were no orders to pay any. 1693 H. Chamberlen Papers Bank of Credit 4/2 Let them put it into the Bank upon these Terms, viz. To have 4 per cent Interest: And if they call out their Money, which not to be till after two years certain, and then giving six Months Notice; they shall accept it in this Credit. 1839 F. Litchfield Three Dialogues on Corn Laws ii. 21 Some of 'em have put their money out at interest, they must fetch it in. Some have put money in the Savings' Bank, they must call it out. 1913 V. L. Whitechurch Three Summers ii. ii. 115 There was an understanding in our agreement that George could call out his money any time after the first three years on three months' notice. 1981 C. Trebilcock Industrialization of Continental Powers iii. 165 The business community experiences little incentive to call out the savings. 6. transitive. Of a trade union: to instruct (workers) to strike. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (transitive)] > summon (workers) to strike to call out1843 strike1950 1843 Northern Star & Leeds Gen. Advertiser 19 Aug. What immense advantage would accrue from the consolidation of their funds, to..employ the hands that may be called out on strike. 1895 H. P. Robinson Men Born Equal 284 Ugly threats, moreover, were being made by the strikers that the members of other labor organizations would be ‘called out’. 1947 Times 1 May 5/2 The chairman..talked of launching a national strike and of calling out the seamen, the road transport workers, and the engineers. 1957 Screen Printer & Display Producer July 1/1 It was never the intention of the Union to call all its members out. 2003 Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. 18 Unison has already officially called out its workers for one or two-day strikes over the issue of London living allowances. 7. transitive. Usually in passive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To identify or single out (something), esp. as a problem or cause of trouble. ΚΠ 1969 Operator's Man., Power Meter (Hewlett-Packard Model 432A) (U.S. Army Tech, Man. TM 9-6625-2469-15) Dec. 7-1/1 The detailed charts refer the user to transistor stages. In a few instances, specific parts are called out as being possible causes of circuit malfunction. 1975 Urban Pedestrian Accident Countermeasures Exper. Eval. (U.S. Dept. Transportation) II. App. A, ii. 16 Such examples as dart-outs, illegal street crossings, and failure to obey traffic signals are called out as indicative of the pedestrian unpredictability. 1988 Electr. Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symp. Proc. (EOS/ESD Assoc.) 191/2 Two types of tests are called out as options to be performed at each severity level. 2013 K. Raber Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture 139 John Taylor..called out the hackney coach especially for its blockage of trade vehicles. 8. intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To contact one's employer, school, etc., typically by telephone, to report one's absence; chiefly with complement, esp. in to call out sick. ΚΠ 1976 Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg-Leominster, Mass.) 16 Apr. 1/6 Bray said no one called out sick in the DPW at all this week..[due] to his demands that anyone out sick must have a doctor to certify illness. 1996 Perspectives Mar. 31/2 When the kids get sick and my husband is not available, I am the relief veterinarian and can't very well call out from work. 2012 H. K. Lanier Teaching in Terrordome vi. 89 When a teacher called out, classrooms sometimes went unsupervised. 2014 D. Clawson & N. Gerstel Unequal Time vii. 133 It's pretty rare for people to call out sick. We have a very high threshold for calling out sick. extracted from callv. < as lemmas
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