call in

Definitions

1. 1

   To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.

   • I was too unwell to work yesterday so I called in sick.
2. 2

   To report

   To report; communicate (a message) by telephone or similar.

   • The hoaxer called in a bomb threat.
3. 3

   To pay a short visit.

   • Near-synonym: call on (transitive)
   • I'll call in this afternoon to pick up my prescription.
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   1. 4

      To summon someone, especially for help or advice.

      • The government called in the army to deal with the riots.
      • By the latter part of 1848, the throne of Hudson the Railway King who had been called in in 1845 as a superman to save the Eastern Counties Railway, was tottering to its fall, [...].
   2. 5

      To withdraw something from sale or circulation.

   3. 6

      To request immediate repayment of (a debt).

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