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Call out

To specify, especially in detail.

📖 Definitions of "Call out"

verb
  1. 1

    To specify, especially in detail.

    "They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum."

  2. 2

    To order into service; to summon into service.

    "The Governor called out the National Guard."

  3. 3

    To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.

  4. 4

    To challenge, criticize, denounce.

    "He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up."

noun
  1. 1

    (communication) An outgoing telephone call.

  2. 2

    An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.

  3. 3

    (graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.

  4. 4

    A summons to someone designated as being on call.

    "I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst."

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