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Summon to enter
"The nurse called in the next patient";
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Summon to a particular activity or employment
"Experts were called in";
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| 3. call in [ Synonyms: call, visit] | |
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Pay a brief visit
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens";
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Take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player
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Make a phone call
"call in to a radio station"; "call in sick";
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| 6. call in [ Synonyms: call] | |
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Demand payment of (a loan)
"Call a loan";
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| 7. call in [ Synonyms: call back, recall, withdraw] | |
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Cause to be returned
"recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt";
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