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Definition of call in phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

call in

phrasal verb
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call in
  1. to phone a place, especially the place where you work
    • Several people have called in sick today.
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
call somebody in
  1. to ask for the services of somebody
    • to call in a doctor/the police
call something in
  1. to order or ask for the return of something
    • Cars with serious faults have been called in by the manufacturers.
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