Call up and Stop

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Call up verb - Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.

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Stop is an antonym for call up in topics: movement, gather, convert for military use, start a function, gather resources.

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Call up is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

His friend Neal grabbing a gun, however, is serious enough for him to call up Peter, an FBI agent, to try and stop him.

Source: OOC Is Serious Business / Live-Action TV

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Stop and Call up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/call_up/stop

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Stop or Call up. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/call_up/stop.

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