Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Called up
Avoid is an antonym for called up in topics: gather, gather resources, sign up for responsibility, select for military force, sign up for membership.
Both terms in one sentence
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Dirty Coward: While Sid went off to war, Rufe faked a disability to avoid being called up.
Source: Theatre / Hell-Bent Fer Heaven - One episode featured a man with a heart condition who ran a racket where he would turn up at the medical exam of someone who had been called up, claiming to be that person, and fail due to his heart condition, thereby allowing them to avoid conscription.
Source: Series / Foyle's War
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