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called someone's number

called someone's number is the simple past and past participle of call someone's number.

Meaning of call someone's number

Verb

call someone's number (third-person singular simple present calls someone's number, present participle calling someone's number, simple past and past participle called someone's number)

  1. To be assigned to carry the ball at the start of a play.
    • So on the first play, I asked the quarterback to call my number on an end sweep.2002, Rich Wolfe, Kurt Warner: And the Last Shall Be First, →ISBN, page 229
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To focus on someone, asking them to prove themselves.
    • I am glad to have that comment, Sir. I think you have about called our number on that.1969, Annmarie Hauck Walsh, The urban challenge to government
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see call, number.
    • He called her number on his cell phone.2005, Wanjiru Waithaka, The Unbroken Spirit, →ISBN, page 218

Questions about called someone's number

What is called someone's number the simple past and past participle of?
Called someone's number is the simple past and past participle of call someone's number.

Words near called someone's number in the dictionary

  1. called roll
  2. called round
  3. called someone every name in the book
  4. called someone everything but a child of God
  5. called someone's bluff
  6. called someone's number
  7. called the shots
  8. called the tune
  9. called them as one saw them
  10. called time
  11. called to

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