call out

(transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail.

(transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service.

(intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.

(transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To challenge, criticize, denounce.

(intransitive, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.