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call out

idiom
Meaning

To specify, especially in detail.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please call out the specific errors in this report.

CONTEXTUAL

During the meeting, the manager had to call out several mistakes in the budget proposal before they could move forward.

COMPLEX

The auditor felt it was necessary to call out each discrepancy in the financial records, ensuring that the board understood the gravity of the accounting failures.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  2. 02

    call a lid

    To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.

  3. 03

    call a spade a spade

    To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are.

  4. 04

    call an audible

    To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.

  5. 05

    call it

    To call it a day

  6. 06

    call it a day

    To cease an activity.

  7. 07

    call it a night

    To go to bed to sleep.

  8. 08

    call it an early night

    To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.

Last updated April 17, 2026