What is the meaning of call in?

verb

  • Summon to enter.
    • usage: "The nurse called in the next patient"
  • Summon to a particular activity or employment.
    • usage: "Experts were called in"
  • Pay a brief visit.
    • usage: "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
  • Take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player.
  • Make a phone call.
    • usage: "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"
  • Demand payment of (a loan. )
    • usage: "Call a loan"
  • Cause to be returned.
    • usage: "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
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APAWordNet. (2010). call in. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/call_in/definitions/1262743
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