{"id":23108,"date":"2024-02-16T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=23108"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:19:28","slug":"call-someone-out-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/call-someone-out-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Call someone out&#8221; &#8211; What does it mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lV4fmy9NRNk?si=nyaGFiXyJXLmDEZ-?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button large blue rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher\/\"><strong>Download 30+ ask the teacher lessons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/phrasal-verbs-in-conversation-course\/\"><strong>Phrasal Verbs in Conversation Course<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to \u201ccall someone out\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s our question of the day!<\/p>\n<p>If you call someone out, it means you <strong>bring attention to the person\u2019s bad behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This could be by talking about it publicly, or by confronting the person directly and talking specifically about what they\u2019re doing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If a famous religious leader says one thing but does something different, the media might call him out on his hypocrisy by publishing an article drawing attention to it.<\/li>\n<li>If one of your relatives is making racist comments, you could call her out by telling her directly that those comments are not acceptable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now you know what it means to call someone out. 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