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verb
- To speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance shout
"call for help"
- To make a request or demand
"call for an investigation"
- To utter a characteristic note or cry
- To speak to or attempt to reach someone by means of a call see call
"just called to say hello"
- To make a demand in card games (as for a particular card or for a show of hands)
- To give the calls for a square dance
- To make a brief visit
"called to pay his respects"
- To summon to a particular activity, employment, or office
"was called to active duty"
- To invite or command to meet convoke
"call a meeting"
- To rouse from sleep or summon to get up
- To attract (game) by imitating the characteristic cry
- To halt (something, such as a baseball game) because of unsuitable conditions
- To rule on the status of (a pitched ball, a player's action, etc.)
"call balls and strikes"
- To give the calls for (a square dance)
- To speak of or address by a specified name give a name to
"call her Kitty"
- To temporarily transfer control of computer processing to (something, such as a subroutine or procedure)
noun
- A pitched baseball not struck at by the batter that passes through the strike zone
idiom
- Asked to start working or doing a particular task
"As a doctor, she can be called into action at any time of the day."
adjective
- Commonly named
"the so-called pocket veto"
- Falsely or improperly so named
"deceived by a so-called friend"
idiom
- Not appropriate
"His rude behavior was not called for."
noun
- A communication (such as a phone call or text message) by which a person arranges a sexual encounter with someone
"A booty call—where one partner is summoned for sex usually by text message by another …"
verb
- To cause or entreat to descend
"call down a blessing"
- Reprimand
"called me down for being late"
verb
- To withdraw from an advanced position
"call in the outposts"
- To withdraw from circulation
"call in bank notes and issue new ones"
- To summon to one's aid or for consultation
"call in a mediator"
- To deliver (a message) by telephone
"call in an order for pizza"
- To communicate with a person by telephone
verb
- To draw away divert
- Cancel
verb
- To summon into action
"call out troops"
- To challenge to a duel
- To order on strike
"call out the workers"
- To publicly criticize or fault (someone)
"The FDA will have to start forcing companies to be transparent and call them out on it when they're not."
This clue was used on December 2, 2025.