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Exact Match:

call on: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

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send for collapse

bid come collapse

muster up collapse

convene collapse: meet formally; "The council convened last week"

subpoena collapse: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court; serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

long distance collapse: a telephone call made outside the local calling area; "I talked to her by long distance"

bugle call collapse: a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle

recruitment collapse: the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

conscription collapse: compulsory military service

banzai collapse: a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph

Geronimo collapse: Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

birdcall collapse: a device for imitating a birdcall; the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

conjure up collapse

call in collapse: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"; summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"; summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"; take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

conjure collapse

numerate collapse: able to understand and use numbers; read out loud as words written numbers

watchword collapse

reveille collapse: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise; (military) signal to wake up

gung ho collapse: very enthusiastic and dedicated

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

rallying cry collapse

slogan collapse

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

selective service collapse: an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

battle cry collapse

war cry collapse: a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle; a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"

summon collapse: call in an official matter, such as to attend court; ask to come; "summon a lawyer"

entreat collapse

telephone collapse: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"; transmitting speech at a distance

call off collapse

implore collapse

supplicate collapse: ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"; ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"; make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission"

drafting collapse: the craft of drawing blueprints; writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

beseech collapse

taps collapse: (military) signal to turn the lights out

adjure collapse: command solemnly

stridulation collapse: a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together

drop in collapse

impressment collapse

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