ordered up

Summoned from below

Ordered up means requested or arranged, often with a sense of summoning something into existence.

You can order up food from room service, order up troops for deployment, or order up a report from a subordinate.

The phrase suggests authority or ease of access: He ordered up a car from the hotel.

It can also imply that something happened as if by command: The weather gods ordered up a perfect day for the wedding.

Related

reinforcement · delivery · special delivery · invoice · command post · summon · send in · brought in · chef · procurement · airstrike · air support · appetizer · deployment · dessert · backup · troop surge · requisition

Opposites
method of obtaining food/service

ordered upgrabbed

Took suddenly by hand

fetched · picked up · DIY · homemade · foraged

command/requisition (military or institutional)

ordered upstood down

Withdrew from position

canceled · called off · sent back · dismissed · recalled

spontaneity of action

ordered upstumbled upon

Found unexpectedly

improvised · happened upon · made do · winged it · scrounged

Family

order, ordered, ordering, orders, orderly, disorder, disordered, disorderly, reorder

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G