call out

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Verb
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"
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call out loudly, as of names or numbers
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challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"

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