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English / phrasal verb

Call out trolls

MEANING IN ENGLISH

to publicly criticize, confront, or expose individuals who post deliberately abusive or provocative comments online

In context

01

The presenter did not hesitate to call out trolls who posted hateful remarks beneath her environmental report.

02

Instead of staying quiet, many young creators now courageously call out trolls to protect their online community.

Synonyms

Confront online bullies,expose malicious commenters,denounce haters

Antonyms

Ignore trolls,tolerate harassment,overlook abusive comments

Collocations

Publicly call out trolls,refuse to call out trolls,bravely call out trolls

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗