callout
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noun
- (communication) An outgoing telephone call.
- An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
- (graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
- A summons to someone designated as being on call.“I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst.”
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