Definition of 'call out'

Verb

1. utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
      Synonyms: exclaim cry cry out outcry shout
2. call out loudly, as of names or numbers
3. challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"

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