call out

[Paul Frank]

Is this sense of "to call out" in the OED and other dictionaries?

Frigid Mayor Bloomberg Called Out For His Inability To Hug
http://gothamist.com/2012/11/16/frigid_mayor_bloomberg_called_out_f.php

Canada Called Out for 'Abysmal' Free Speech on Campuses
http://worldnews.about.com/b/2012/10/31/canada-called-out-for-abysmal-free-speech-on-campuses.htm

Students sometimes call him out for being too hands-off.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/wheaton-high-to-model-project-based-learning-for-montgomery-county-schools/2012/10/28/b945602a-1a05-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html

Paul

Paul Frank
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