--- title: "How to pronounce \"called up\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"called up\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/bynfUels8Zo/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/called-up" --- # How to pronounce "called up" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/kællɛdʌp/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **cal·le·dup** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "called up" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "So instead of putting the money to do an animated series I just decided to shoot it guerilla style. Called up my friend Andrew, who plays A on the show, and my best friend, Devyn, to like --who had no film experience-- I asked her to help me shoot it and that's how the show was born." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bynfUels8Zo&t=281s) ### Example 2 > "called up Sears and I said can't can't do it we uh we don't have enough money and he says oh don't worry" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9rNax9h2gM&t=1434s) ### Example 3 > "called up the scientists saying, can I come and visit you? They said, of course you can but you have to come in winter. Uh, and, uh, this was Siberia in peak" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jn3zb04-_I&t=1402s) ### Example 4 > "killing of Iran's supreme leader a turning point in the conflict and has called up 100,000 army reservists for the military operation. As we've been hearing Iran has retaliated with multiple strikes." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkdCCFJKxE4&t=921s) ### Example 5 > "agent and had abused his partner um the MI5 director General s siren mcallum called up our director General Tim Davy and tried to cast doubt on the story saying it you know it was inaccurate and as well as Reckless and that's just just not true the story was accurate so that when you've got things like H that happening to you it is quite strange and it's not normal um but I think you just" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2rRPZD_BQ&t=1516s) ### Example 6 > "the regular army units of Belarus that are being trained by Wagner mercenaries these are so-called territorial defense groups these are civilians who can be called up in case if the country is attacked and and what's interesting is that these groups are getting trained in the town of asepochi that is a town in western parts of Belarus near the Russian border and it's quite close to" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiACLw8d0fM&t=115s) ### Example 7 > "up because I think now uh uh Donald Trump has also been talking about Modi you know he's talking about the war between Pakistan and India and how he called up Modi and he said that you have to stop and here prime minister Modi is like totally mum about it so we don't know what kind of you know friction this is going to um develop into in the in the days to come yeah it's hard to know if a bromance and tariffs if they really mix. We will" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 12:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EihSr8NC6so&t=727s) ### Example 8 > "parts of the Gaza Strip earlier today we also heard from the Israeli military to say that they are ready we know that two battalions two Reserve battalions were called up and they've been training the military today saying that they're ready to carry out Rafa offensive but they are just waiting for the political green light so that gives some indication of where we think things are at Benjamin Netanyahu two weeks AG ago saying that there was a date set for the Rafer" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850a4O0xOOw&t=226s) ### Example 9 > "and women for the recruitment process of these around 8,000 are then actually called up for the one-year training course moving on to Norway Pistorius saw military conscripts in action up close they helped protect the almost 200 km long board with Russia the recruits are" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 24:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WesGWXdvrVA&t=1452s) ### Example 10 > "2022 I think in a way it's perhaps more important for people outside Ukraine because here in Ukraine you are never far away from the war people are being called up people are constantly hearing about people they know who have been wounded or even killed at War people are constantly being asked to donate money for drones or for other equipment so in a way I think it's potentially even more important for those people who maybe have zoned out a bit after that initial" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvPGRFUFpdg&t=191s) ## Related Words & Synonyms - **Nearby Vocabulary**: [called](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/called) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce "called up" correctly? 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