# call up

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/call-up
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To call on the telephone.

## Examples

- I will call up my friend later today.
- If you have any questions about the schedule, please call up the office before they close this afternoon.
- After years of silence, he finally decided to call up his estranged brother to attempt a long-overdue reconciliation.

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