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Call in has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
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

make a phone call

"call in to a radio station"

"call in sick"

6

demand payment 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"

8

To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.

Example Sentences
"The nurse called in the next patient" verb
"Experts were called in" verb
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" verb
"call in to a radio station" verb
"call in sick" verb
"Call a loan" verb
"recall the defective auto tires" verb
"The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
invite call meet take out demand take
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
see drop by decommission
Rhyming Words
ad in go in be in as in do in box in toe in mix in ink in eat in die in see in fox in run in lie in dob in set in get in let in dip in
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