call in
phrasal verbcall in
- to phone a place, especially the place where you work
- Several people have called in sick today.
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call somebody in
- to ask for the services of somebody
- to call in a doctor/the police
call something in
- to order or ask for the return of something
- Cars with serious faults have been called in by the manufacturers.