call out

Verb

call out (third-person singular simple present calls out, present participle calling out, simple past and past participle called out)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To specify, especially in detail.
   • They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To order into service; to summon into service.
   • The Governor called out the National Guard.
   • The day of a shedmaster has no real beginning and end. He may leave for home when his work at the shed is done, but there is always the far-too-handy telephone to call him out to breakdowns or other emergencies.1960 April, A. W. Bennett, “A Shedmaster's Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 272

   Synonyms:

   summon

3. (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
   • You just call out my name / And you know wherever I am / I'll come running to see you again.1971, Carole King, “You’ve Got A Friend”, Tapestry, Ode Records
4. (archaic, transitive) To challenge (someone) to a duel.
5. (slang, transitive) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
6. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To criticize or denounce (someone); to bring up previously unspoken criticisms about (someone); to point out (someone's) faults.
   • He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up.
   • She called them out on their lies.

   Synonyms:

   denounce, point out, charge

7. (New-Jersey, New-York, intransitive, Connecticut) To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
   • I had to call out from work. […] I barely ate yesterday. The only thing that stayed in my stomach was soup and crackers.2012, Earliecia J. Ebron, Regress
   • I had to call out from work a few Saturdays to Dj at kid's party because they would normally start somewhere around 4:00 p.m.2015, Brasford Love, My Life: The Journey to Here