call-up
[call v. 35 f.]
= conscription 4. Also attrib.
| 1940 Economist 10 Aug. 175/2 A continuous system of call-up and training for the Industrial Army. 1941 D. Reed Prophet at Home 264 The rate of the call-up was too slow. 1945 News Chron. 1 June 4/2 We still propose to go on calling up young men under 30 as they reach the call-up age. 1958 Spectator 14 Feb. 191/2 The call-up cannot now be abandoned unless the bait for volunteers is made much tastier. |