call out
verb
RareNot in standard dictionaries
1
To specify, especially in detail.
2
To order into service; to summon into service.
3
To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
4
To challenge (someone) to a duel.
5
To challenge (someone) to a fight.
6
To criticize or denounce (someone); to bring up previously unspoken criticisms about (someone); to point out (someone's) faults.
7
To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
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