Call In

Definition: Call In

Call In

Verb

1. Summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient".

2. Summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in".

3. Pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens".

4. Take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player.

5. Communicate (with) by telephone; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick".

6. Demand payment of, as of a loan; "Call a loan".

7. Cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Call In

Advice

Confer, consult, refer to, call in; take advice, follow advice; be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from.

Dissent

Verb: dissent, demur; call in question; (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict; (deny).

Negation

Dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question; (doubt); give (one) the lie in his throat.

Unbelief Doubt

Throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize.

Crosswords: Call In

Hey Jack, why don't you tell 'em about your little phone call in Thai. (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

Had to call in sick today. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Call in a code 8. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Maybe we should call in a bomb threat to Houston. (The X Files; writing credit: Chris Carter; Frank Spotnitz)

And even call in your men! (C'era una volta il West; writing credit: Dario Argento; Bernardo Bertolucci)

I wouldn't call in the midnight hour (You Should've Told Me; performing artist: Kelly Price)

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Books

• Inside Passage Walking Tours: Exploring Major Ports of Call in Southeast Alaska (reference)

• Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community (reference)

• On Call In...Vascular Access: Surgical and Radiologic Procedures (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Swim call in the Arabian Sea OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Oran, Missouri. Doctor receiving call in his office. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If the memory cells ever bump into the disease again, they know to call in other cells in the immune system to protect the body and get rid of the disease. (references)

When the memory cells meet up with the disease again, they recognize it and know they need to get rid of it. They call in the other parts of the immune system to get rid of the disease. (references)

Children

Qatar

The system allows both citizen and noncitizen children to call in with questions and concerns ranging from school, health, and psychological problems to concerns about sexual harassment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tunisia

There are credible reports that the police periodically call in prominent Baha'is for questioning; however, the number of such incidents decreased during the year. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

The telephone system in Baku is oversubscribed and technologically inadequate, however placing a local call in Baku is generally reliable. (references)

Worker Rights

Sweden

Safety ombudsmen have the authority to stop unsafe activity immediately and to call in an inspector. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "call in": call in on ♦ call in question ♦ call in the doctor ♦ call in the receiver ♦ call in the reserves ♦ To call in. Additional references.

Albanian

takohem me (come across, encounter), mbledh (accumulate, add, add together, assemble, bank, brush up, call together, cast, cast up, clench, collate, collect, compile, compress, congregate, convene, convoke, draw, dredge, drum up, focus, fold, fund, furl, gather, get together, group, herd, impound, kilt, levy, lift, make up, pack, pick, pick off, pick up, pool, rally, reap, round up, scoop up, shut, sweep, take, total, totalize), konsultohem me, heq nga qarkullimi (retire, withdraw). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حضر (assist, attend, bring, civilize, come, elaborate, fetch, make, prepare, present, report, send around, turn up), ‏إستدعى طبيب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

наминавам (be along, blow in, bob in, call by, call on, come by, come over, come round, pass by, pop along, pop in, pop over, stop by), поканвам (ask, bid, call on, have, invite, offer), повиквам (beckon, call, call away, call out, call up, convene, send for, summon), извиквам (call out, cry out, evoke, exclaim, give a cry, hail, shout, shout for, yell). (various references)

Czech

zavolat dovnitř, stáhnout (constrict, move out, pull off, shut down, strip), pozvat dál, povolat (call up, draft), přivolat (call, call out, call up, hail, ring up, summon). (various references)

Finnish

sanoa irti (give notice). (various references)

French

faire venir, appeler un médecin (call a doctor). (various references)

German

zuziehen (consult, contract, draw, move into the area, pull shut, pull tight, tighten), vorbeikommen (call round, come by, come round, drop across, drop around, drop by, drop in, get by, get past, go past, look in, pass, stop by), vorbeigehen (drop across, drop around, drop by, drop in, go by, go past, go round, overlook, pass, pass by, pass off, passing, stop by, to pass by), vorbeifahren (drive pas, drive past, go beyond, go by, go past, pass, pass by, passing, stop by), hineinrufen (shout in), herbeirufen (call over, send for, summon, to send for), heranziehen (advance, approach, bring in, call into play, consult, cultivate, draw near, enlist, pull over, raise, use), einziehen (breathe in, bring in, call up, collect, confiscate, conscript, draft, draw in, draw up, duck, gather in, haul in, hold in, hunch, indent, induct, levy, lower, march in, move in, move into, muster in, pull in, put in, recall, requisition, retract, retraction, seize, settle in, sniff, soak in, soak up, suck in, take away, take in, thread, to move in, wind in, withdraw), einschalten (bring in, bring into, cut in, enable, energize, include, inset, intercalate, interpolate, plug, power up, put on, switch on, to enable, to energize, to interpolate, to switch on, tune in to, turn on), einkehren (come, make a stop, stop off), aufsuchen (find, go to, look, see, seek, visit), aufrufen (appeal, call, call up, call upon, evoke, invoice, invoke, proclaim, summon, to invoice, to invoke), aufbieten (exert, muster, publish, reveal, summon up, to call up). (various references)

Greek 

περνώ από (come over, come round, drop by, go by, pass by). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"טיל ספק ב- (call in question, oppugn). (various references)

Hungarian

behív (draft, draught, induct, summon, to call in, to draft, to summon). (various references)

Italian

trasmissione radiofonica con telefonate degli ascoltatori, ritirare dalla circolazione (withdraw). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

芸者�'上�'る (to call in a geisha), 召し入れる (to call in), 呼び込む (to call in, to restore a disowned son), 呼び入れる (to bring in, to call in, to invite). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

めしいれる (to call in), よびいれる (to bring in, to call in, to invite), よび�"む (to call in, to restore a disowned son), �'いしゃ�'あ�'る (to call in a geisha). (various references)

Manx

tayrn stiagh (draw in, inhale, pull in), eamagh stiagh, cur stiagh er (annoy, heckle, incommode, inconvenience, infringe, infringement, inroad, interference, interrupt, intervene, invade, invasion, molest, molestation). (various references)

Pig Latin

allcay inay

Portuguese

consultar (confer, consult, powwow, to consult), sacar (draw, draw out, haul, make a draft, pull, whip, wrest), mandar entregar. (various references)

Romanian

chema sub drapel (call up), chema înãuntru, retrage din circulaţie (Burke, immobilize), pretinde platã, invita (ask, bid, book, call on, invite, solicit, summon, take out, tempt). (various references)

Russian 

вызывать (bring, bring about, bring forth, call, challenge, cite, conjure, engender, entail, evoke, evoked, exert, give rise to, induce, involve, produce, provoke, ring for, summon, whistle up), наведаться (call on), зайти (drop in, turn in), приглашать (ask, invite, retain). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pozvati (ask, call, call on, call up, invite). (various references)

Spanish

venir en (come around, jockey, pop in, top off, touch down), retirar de la circulación (withdraw), pedir la devolución, pedir la ayuda, pedir ayuda, llamar (appeal to, beckon, buzz, call, call back, call off, call over, call up, call upon, draw, engage, get, get on to, give a ring, have in, hit, hollo, holloa, invoke, knock, knock up, name, recall, ring, ring the bell, ring up, strike, summon, term, to call, touch off, whip in), hacer venir (come, have up), hacer entrar (bring in, get in, have in, move in, put in, send in, usher), entrar (access, approach, attack, bob in, bring in, capture, come in, draw in, enter, fit, get at, get in, go in, go up, input, introduce, invade, march in, pass in, perform, pull in, put in, rise, sail in, show in, step in, tackle, to enter, wade in, walk in), dar un vistazo. (various references)

Swedish

tillkalla (call, get in, summon), kalla in (levy), dra in (discontinue, draw in, embroil, implicate, indent, instal, install, involve, retire, retract, take off), besöka (attend, call at, call on, do, go to see, pay a visit to, resort to, see, tour, visit), adjungera (co opt, co-opt), återkalla (racall, recall, rescind, revoke). (various references)

Turkish

toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), telefonla görüşmek, tedavülden kaldırmak (demonetize, immobilize, retire, withdraw from circulation), seyirci telefonlarına yer verilen program, iadesini istemek (reclaim), dinleyici telefonlarına yer verilen program, davet etmek (ask, bade, bid, call, challenge, convoke, court, cry out, invite), ödenmesini istemek (dun), çağırmak (call, call away, call for, cite, cry out, hail, invite, invoke, shout to, sing, summon, whistle up). (various references)

Ukrainian

викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, cause, challenge, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), запрошувати (ask, bid, book, indite, invite). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: clinal.

-1 letter: lilac, linac.

-2 letters: anil, cain, call, clan, laic, lain, nail, nill.

-3 letters: ail, ain, all, ani, can, ill, lac, lin, nil.

-4 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na.

+1 letter: allicin, ancilla, calling.

+2 letters: alliance, allicins, ancillae, ancillas, billycan, callings, canaille, carillon, cliental, clinally, clinical, colonial, gallican, scallion, uncially, vanillic.

+3 letters: allantoic, alliances, allogenic, ancillary, angelical, antically, billycans, caballing, callusing, canailles, canalling, candlelit, carillons, carolling, cavilling, cellaring, chilblain, cleanlier, collaging, collaring, collating, collation, collegian, collinear, colonials, conically, coralline, cranially, cynically, dalliance, finically, galenical, genically, halocline, lemniscal, manically, ontically, oxacillin, recalling, scallions, scintilla, sonically, synclinal, tonically, unlyrical.