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Offroad Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Call out

Dear teachers...

Is 'call out' synonym with 'send for'?
  • Call him out and have the headsman to kill him.
  • Send for him and have the hitman to put a quick end to his life.
Am I right with this interpretation?
  • Father, did you send for me? (Somebody was sent in to bring me to my father?)
  • Father, did you call me out? (My father himself gave me a can't-miss call)
to call out = send for, evoke, summon, call forth.

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Is 'call out' synonym with 'send for'? Hi offroad: offroad Is 'call out' synonym with 'send for'? Not really.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Is 'call out' synonym with 'send for'?
  • Hi offroad: offroad Is 'call out' synonym with 'send for'?
  • Not really.
  • "Send for" is quite generally used, but "call out" is used only in rare cases when a normal routine is being interrupted.
  • Here are a couple of examples: "Call out the guard" means to sound an alarm and have a group of soldiers drop what they are doing and assemble in a designated place.
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Is 'call out' synonym with 'send for'?
Hi offroad:
offroadIs 'call out' synonym with 'send for'?
Not really. "Send for" is quite generally used, but "call out" is used only in rare cases when a normal routine is being interrupted. Here are a couple of examples:

"Call out the guard" means to sound an alarm and have a group of soldiers drop wh
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