To ask a person or organization that provides a service to come and deal with something for you
To challenge someone over something they have said or done
To shout something, especially when you are trying to get someone’s attention
Alternatively, we can call out for pizza to be delivered to reception.
Governor Ross called out the militia to deal with the riot.
Hands up, please – don’t call out.
I tried to call out to him through the window.
On both occasions he'd started to call out a greeting only to be clubbed to the ground by one of his guards.
She was going to stand up and call out to them, but she changed her mind and just watched them go.
The lifeboat was called out yesterday.
Then he began to murmur in his sleep, to call out for his father.
Why he would call her out in an open forum is beyond me.
You should politely but firmly call them out on their offensive behavior.
‘In here!’ she called out.
Calls out
Calling out
Called out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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