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call up

verb as in draft

verb as in levy

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The 20-year-old - who only made his first Premier League start in April - received his first senior call-up in October and was handed his debut by Thomas Tuchel in Thursday's win over Serbia at Wembley.

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Scott was handed his first senior international call-up by manager Thomas Tuchel last week following an excellent start to the season with the Cherries.

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Sutton only won one full cap, coming on as a substitute against Cameroon in November 1997, before falling out with then England boss Glenn Hoddle when he turned down a call-up to the England B team in February 1998.

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Chalobah earned his first call-up under England manager Thomas Tuchel in May and then made his debut against Senegal.

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Maybe it's the England call-up that's given him that bit of extra juice to go and perform but he has been really good.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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