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call sth up

phrasal verb with call
 
/kɔːl/
 
US  /kɑːl/ verb

Definition

C2 to find and show information on a computer screen: You can use the search facility to call up all the occurrences of a particular word in a document.Operating computers
(Definition of call sth up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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