to call someone
11call someone to heel — bring/call (someone) to heel to force someone to obey you. He decided that threatening to sue the publishers was the easiest way of bringing them to heel …
12call someone's bluff — idi call someone s bluff, to challenge someone to carry out a threat …
13call someone up — 1 (informal) Roland called me up.: See call verb sense 3. 2 they called up the reservists: ENLIST, recruit, conscript; US draft. 3 he was called up for the England team …
14call someone/something to mind — cause one to think of someone or something, esp. through similarity the still lifes call to mind certain of Cézanne s works ■ [with negative] remember someone or something [with clause] I cannot call to mind where I have seen you …
15call someone out — tv. to challenge someone to a fight. □ Max wanted to call him out, but thought better of it. □ Did you call me out? What are you going to do about it? …
16call someone up — summon someone to serve in the army or to play in a team. → call …
17call someone/thing down — cause someone or something to appear or occur. → call …
18call someone or something to witness — archaic appeal or refer to someone or something for confirmation or evidence of something his hands extended upward as if to call the heavens to witness this injustice …
19call someone collect — American to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives the call. The British expression is reverse the charges …
20call someone out — 1) summon someone, esp. to deal with an emergency or to do repairs 2) order or advise workers to strike 3) archaic challenge someone to a duel …
