call in

Verb

call in (third-person singular simple present calls in, present participle calling in, simple past and past participle called in)

1. (copulative, intransitive) To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
   • I was too unwell to work yesterday so I called in sick.

   Synonyms:

   phone in

2. (transitive) To report; communicate (a message) by telephone or similar.
   • The hoaxer called in a bomb threat.

   Synonyms:

   phone in

3. (intransitive) To pay a short visit.
   • Near-synonym: call on (transitive)
   • I'll call in this afternoon to pick up my prescription.

   Synonyms:

   pop in, call on

4. (transitive) 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, […]1941 December, Kenneth Brown, “The Newmarket & Chesterford Railway—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 533

   Synonyms:

   summon

5. (transitive) To withdraw something from sale or circulation.

   Synonyms:

   recall

6. (transitive) To request immediate repayment of (a debt).