call out
phrasal verb

To confront someone about a misdeeds or unpleasant behavior (If your intern keeps coming in late, you need to call her out on it)

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Other common meanings of "call out" are:

- To announce something (Once everyone is seated, the host will call out the winners' names)

- To shout in an attempt to draw attention to oneself (I called out to Mandy when I saw her walking down the street)

- To request aid or presence (The president called out military troops when the situation became unstable)

- To utilize something, often a quality or skill (I had to call out my reserves to finish the race)

- To order something by phone (Just tell me what you want for dinner, and I'll call out for it)

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Before you "CALL it a day" (es genug sein lassen) how many of these other common call-phrases do you know?

CALL BACK = to return a phone call

CALL FOR =  to demand (call for action); to make a phone call; to require (calls for a celebration); to pick up s/o or s/th from a certain place (he called at the office for the packet)

CALL FORTH = to make something happen (the decision called forth a lot of public criticism)

CALL IN = to get someone to come and do s/th (we had to call in the police); a short visit (they called in for a quick coffee)

CALL OFF = to cancel (we called off the meeting)

CALL ON = to visit (the doctor called on Bob); to ask s/o for assistance (can I call on you for help if I have a question?)

CALL ROUND = to visit (can I call round after 6:00?)

CALL UP = to summon for military service (he was called up in 1939); to telephone (just call me up if you have any questions)