call outverb

• 1

  To specify, especially in detail.

  • They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum.
• 2

  To order into service; to summon into service.

  • The Governor called out the National Guard.
  • The day of a shedmaster has no real beginning and end. He may leave for home when his work at the shed is done, but there is always the far-too-handy telephone to call him out to breakdowns or other emergencies.
• 3

  To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.

  • 1971, Carole King, “You’ve Got A Friend”, Tapestry, Ode Records You just call out my name / And you know wherever I am / I'll come running to see you again.
• 4

  archaicTo challenge (someone).

• 5

  slangTo challenge (someone).

• 6

  To challenge (someone).

  • He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up.
  • She called them out on their lies.
• 7

  To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.

  • I had to call out from work. […] I barely ate yesterday. The only thing that stayed in my stomach was soup and crackers.
  • I had to call out from work a few Saturdays to Dj at kid's party because they would normally start somewhere around 4:00 p.m.

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