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  • noun An order to report for military service.
  • verb To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
  • verb idiomatic To call on the telephone.
  • verb To select e.g. to a sports squad.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb bring forward for consideration
  • verb get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • verb call to arms; of military personnel
  • noun an order to report for military duty

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