call-up

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noun call-ups · callup

An order to report for military service. Fly-half Aaron Cruden hyper-extended his knee horribly in contact and was carried off the pitch, forcing Graham Henry to bring on Donald - a man who was fishing for whitebait a fortnight ago before injuries to Dan Carter and Colin Slade triggered his emergency call-up.

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noun an order to report for military service

한국어	소집 sojip
日本語	召集 shōshū
中文	召集 zhàojí, 招募 zhāomù
Deutsch	Einberufung
Italiano	rapporto
Русский	пове́стка povéstka

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"call-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/call-up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{call_up_2026,
  title = {call-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/call-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}