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call out

verb

  1. To specify, especially in detail.

    "They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum."

  2. To order into service; to summon into service.

    "The Governor called out the National Guard."

    Similar: summon

  3. To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.

Synonymscharge, denounce, point out, summon
noun

  1. (communication) An outgoing telephone call.

  2. An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.

  3. (graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.

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