call someone's number

Definitions

1. 1

   To be assigned to carry the ball at the start of a play.

   • So on the first play, I asked the quarterback to call my number on an end sweep.
   • Billy was shocked; he didn't get that call once during spring practice, and now, in the spring game, they want to call his number on the first play.
   • Now he told me that when the coach had diagrammed plays, he would move to the back of the huddle, in the hope that the coach wouldn't call his number.
2. 2

   To focus on someone, asking them to prove themselves.

   • I am glad to have that comment, Sir. I think you have about called our number on that.
   • "I'm sure about this one," I said. "I'm starting the preparations." “Ok, I'm calling your number on this one. I got your word, and everyone else is out of the way.”
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see call, number.

   • He called her number on his cell phone.

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