英语词汇“to call in”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To summon (a person) for advice or assistance; to enlist (the assistance or services of a person or thing).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from

counsel1382

to call in1483

consult with1548

preconsult1606

consulta1634

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. clxxxxvj^v/2 Thus as she perseueryd in prayers and wepynges the wode men cryed with an hygh voys, that they approched whome the vyrgyn callyd in to their helpe.

1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. Fv^v When he was in this paynfull affliction of mynde,..he fled vnto his father, as it was his maner, and is the maner also of all sayntes, whom because he wolde call in to his helpe more ernestly and with more fre spirite at his pleasure, he wente furthe a lytell farther from these thre disciples.

1548 E. Seymour Epist. or Exhortacion to Vnitie & Peace sig. B.vi Did not the Britaynes call in the Saxons for helpe, and by theim wer put out?

1667 N. Fairfax Let. 29 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 422 Mr Goodrich being hastily calld in, to save life, prescribd him a Common sudorifick.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §103. 468/2 The Swedes, who were called in for the support of the German liberty.

1736 tr. Polit. Dialogues Pasquin & Marforio ii. 20 It was judged Necessary by the Southerns, to call in a Third to their Aid.

1789 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Jan. 102/2 The putrefaction was getting on so fast at that time, Mr. Read and I had agreed that Mr. North, another surgeon, should be called in.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 36 To call in the aid of the microscope.

1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 90 Sir William Gull was called in.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 48/1 Take a good look at the walls before you call in the plasterers.

1969 ‘M. Innes’ Family Affair v. 50 It would have been rather embarrassing to call in the coppers.

2007 M. Phillips Gods behaving Badly (2008) xi. 58 Alice nearly suggested calling in the services of an archaeologist.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 June a12/5 The Indian Army and Air Force were called in to evacuate people threatened by floodwaters.

2. transitive. To revoke, retract, recall; spec. to withdraw from sale or circulation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from outside or advanced position

to call in1545

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vi.) f. 93 Here be..kinges taught to retract and call in ayen their vniust lawes.

1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. f. 88 Thys yeare was a new coyn, and the olde called in.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 25 Call in the powers good coosin Westmerland.

1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iv. ii. sig. I3^v Call in his Licence.

1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 70 If a Book be called in, I will therefore buy it.

1712 C. Peyton et al. Let. Dec. in I. Newton Corr. (1975) V. 359 Upon Calling in the Tin Farthings and half pence by reason of the Complaint made against them A pattent was Granted to Sr. Joseph Herne..to Change the same.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 9 This year all antiphonaries..were called in, and destroyed.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 114 The last proclamation of June, 1842, calling in light gold.

1885 Manch. Examiner 5 May 4/7 The Russians are willing to call in their outposts.

1906 Printers' Ink 4 July 21/2 He found the new 25-centime nickel coin..exceedingly unpopular, and there was serious talk of calling it in again.

1965 Listener 26 Aug. 310/1 The reproduction of the illustrations was considered so unsatisfactory that Carroll called in and replaced all copies of the first edition with a new one.

1999 W. Goosen et al. Banking in New Millennium (2008) i. 9 The government could call in the coins, melt them down, mix some of the precious metal with a proportion of cheaper metals, and then reissue the coins to an unsuspecting population.

3. intransitive.

a. To go into a house or premises on a visit; (sometimes) spec. to make a brief visit or call; to stop by, to look in. Frequently with at specifying the house or premises visited. Cf. sense 32a.rare in North American use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)]

seekc1200

to call in1573

call1597

to call upon ——1604

to call on ——a1616

visit1626

to make, or pay (also give) a visit1643

to pay a call1648

viz.1767

society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally

to call in1573

to drop in1609

to look ina1616

to come round1620

to go round1636

to put in1668

to go around1742

to happen in1749

to run in and out1779

to come around1822

to pop in and out1846

to happen in with1883

to stop in1904

stop1905

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 27 He tooke a iurni into the cuntri with on Sir Dorringtun of the Kings Kollege, and, riding thurrough Walden, calid in at mi fathers hous, and tould on of mi sisters that I wuld be at Walden that niht.

1602 F. Herring Discov. Stratagems in tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 40 Within fewe Dayes, passing by the Citizens House, he called in, to see how the world went.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 177 I called in at my Co: Evelyns, who has a very pretty seate in the Forest, 2 miles behether Cliffden.

1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 150. ⁋9 I happened the other Day to call in at a celebrated Coffee-house near the Temple.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. 16 L. Teazle Well, but Sir Peter, you know you promised to come. Sir Peter Well, I shall just call in to look after my own character.

1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles III. xxiv. 313 We called in at your office as we came by.

1865 Temple Bar July 493 We..turned back towards the white house, calling in for a few minutes to exchange a friendly greeting with its occupant.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey iii. xiv. 320 After calling in at two big booksellers', he made for his Club, and closeted himself in the telephone booth.

1952 L. Hanson & E. Hanson Marian Evans & George Eliot xxiv. 233 Lewes still called in at Cheyne Row from time to time.

1953 E. S. Grenfell in Landfall June 98 Your mum's old school-mate Janey Andrews called in to see me the other week.

2005 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 17 Sept. We've extended the hours until 10pm so that people can call in on their way home from work.

b. With at. Of a ship, traveller, etc.: to make a stop at a town, port, country, etc., during the course of a longer journey or route; (of a train, bus, or other form of public transport) to make a scheduled stop at a specified station or other location on a particular route. Cf. sense 32b.rare in North American use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > break one's journey > at specific place (coaches, etc.)

to call in1643

stop1743

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > journey [verb (intransitive)] > make a break in a journey

call1642

to call in1643

halt1656

stop1743

off-saddle1823

to stop over1855

night-stop1951

1643 A. Perne Gospell Courage 4 We shall therefore play the Travailer; passe by some Townes though good, call in at others, and make our stay in that, that is most convenient.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 73 His Majesty..on the 14th. day of March began his Journey, accompanied by the Queen and Prince as far as Theobalds... By the way he called in at the City of Lincoln.

1683 R. Dixon Canidia ix. 34 Call in at Morocco and Fez, There you may stay and take your Ease.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 162 The Captain called in at one or two Ports.

1781 Caledonian Mercury 11 Aug. To-morrow, the Alfred..sails on a cruize, and is to call in at Aberdeen bay, for such ships as may be ready for London.

1867 Argosy Nov. 457 The eagerness with which they will rush ashore..when the ship calls in at Plymouth.

1891 Publishers' Circular 5 Sept. 258/2 They called in at France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, and interviewed the respective kings of these countries.

1969 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 11/5 Another way of island hopping down to Grenada..is to catch the early morning ‘milk-run’ plane from Antigua, which calls in at Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique and Barbados.

2004 D. Simonis & S. Andrews Madrid (Lonely Planet) (ed. 3) 225/1 Two train stations serve the city. Note that many trains call in at either one or the other (but not both).

4. transitive. To demand the payment or repayment of (a loan, debt, or promise of money).to call in a favour: see Phrases 3i.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > request debt repayment

to call in1592

1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching (new ed.) sig. D3^v The neighbours..were faine to pay the groate the Cutler called in, because he had no other money about him.

1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. vii. 177 He could not more honestly repaire his disorders and losses, then by calling in those debtes which many straungers and Citizens did owe vnto his father.

1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar xxv. 98 Annaevs Seneca..sodeinlie calls in his moneyes, (the loan whereof had been thrust vpon the Britanns, whether they would or no).

1673 Grand Concern Eng. Explained 10 The Persons whose Money they borrowed, have great occasions for the same and are forced to call it in, and must have it when due.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3749/8 Part of the 10 per Cent...to be called in.

1713 London Gaz. No. 5114/3 20s. per Share was..called in.

1781 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 II. 194 Mortgages would be called in as soon as notices could be given.

1868 Acts Gen. Assembly Arkansas 290/2 Directors may call in payments of stock under penalty.

1893 F. A. W. Steel Miss Stuart's Legacy xx. 325 And so Shunker..began cautiously to call in debts in the name of the firm.

1915 H. Withers War & Lombard Street iii. 53 So far the bill of exchange does not give England any right to call in money from abroad.

1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power ii. 31 Brokers hastily called in loans from clients whom they had been ‘carrying’.

2011 K. Walker Return of Stranger iii. 37 He had the Charltons and the Nicholls exactly where he wanted them and all he had to do was call in their debts.

5. Originally U.S.

a. intransitive. To make contact by telephone, radio, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > communicate by radio [verb (intransitive)]

wireless1899

talk1912

marconi1919

radio1926

to call in1930

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)]

telephone1877

call1879

phone1885

speak1885

ring1887

to call in1930

1930 Mich. Bell (Mich. Bell Telephone Company) June 30/3 Finally the doctor calls in to say ‘Central call my residence and tell my wife I'm here.’

1986 Aviation News July 191/3 Crossing the field, Blue Leader called in and said that he was hit.

1991 Time 1 July 32/3 If anyone involved in a deal fails to call in, or catches a whiff of the law, the cell is shut down.

2010 New Yorker 19 Apr. 115/2 Violence becomes so routine that journalists use a chore chart to determine whose turn it is to call in and find out the daily death toll.

b. transitive. To report or provide (information) by telephone, radio, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > communicate by radio [verb (transitive)] > transmit by radio

marconi1908

wireless1910

radio1919

radiate1923

to call in1939

squirt1971

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > communicate a message by telephone

telephone1877

phone1910

to ring in1934

to call in1939

1939 G. A. Homrighausen Police, Fire, & Health Dept. Los Angeles (M.A. diss., Univ. S. Calif.) 93 As soon as the investigation is completed, the patrol officers call in a report to their desk sergeant.

1949 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 31 Dec. 5/5 (advt.) Fresh pastries and rolls daily. Call in your order—phone 77.

1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 34 During big storms, he sits in a radio shack on Maol Chlibhe (the Bare Cliff) prepared..to call in compass bearings if he should see a ship in distress.

2012 M. O'Brien Dying Minutes 332 Three heavies had paid a call... His friend, who'd been on watch, had called it in.

c. intransitive. With adjectival complement: to contact one's employer, school, etc., typically by telephone, to report one's absence that day, esp. due to illness; esp. in to call in sick.

ΚΠ

1943 Washington Post 3 July b1 This being a holiday weekend, employees in Treasury's loans and currency section..were warned yesterday not to call in sick either today or Monday under any circumstances.

1978 Sun Reporter (San Francisco) 4 May 6 Brown has a glittering record of work attendance, marred by one day off in 1969 when he called in ill.

1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter ii. xv. 233 ‘Oh, hell, honey,’ she says, mischievous as a truant schoolgirl. ‘Call in sick.’

2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds ix. 140 They would call in sick..an hour before their shift from some bar in Queens.

d. intransitive. To make a telephone call to a radio or television show. Also transitive: to submit (a response, request, etc.) to a radio or television show by telephone.

ΚΠ

1946 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 7/2 Shows are scheduled each day this week to give the listeners an opportunity to call in and make their contributions.

1947 Billboard 26 Apr. 105/2 A prize for the first listener who calls in the correct name of the number played.

1982 Clovis (New Mexico) News-Jrnl. 19 Apr. 3/2 Viewers are invited to call in their questions and comments to TV7's special panel of guests.

1990 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) 28 Oct. b4 One perhaps unexpected development during the radio-thon was youngsters calling in to talk about their own experiences of suffering abuse.

2009 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 38/2 The voting public has evidently clocked that she's aqua-phobic, so will keep calling in to put her through watery hell.

6. transitive. Originally British. Of a government minister, esp. a Secretary of State: to order that (a planning application) be considered and decided by oneself rather than by local government, typically because it raises wider issues of public concern or national significance.

ΚΠ

1947 Manch. Guardian 29 Aug. 4 The Minister has ‘called in’ all applications to the local interim development authorities for permission to start or expand quarries in the Peak District.

1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space iv. 101 The planning system had always allowed the minister to ‘call in’ planning applications concerning issues of more than local interest, or which aroused more than local opposition.

2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 14 June 17/6 This week the State Government decided to use special powers..to call in an application by the Lang Park Trust so that the Minister for State Development..could himself determine the appeals.

单词	to call in
释义	> as lemmas to call in to call in 1. transitive. To summon (a person) for advice or assistance; to enlist (the assistance or services of a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from counsel1382 to call in1483 consult with1548 preconsult1606 consulta1634 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. clxxxxvj^v/2 Thus as she perseueryd in prayers and wepynges the wode men cryed with an hygh voys, that they approched whome the vyrgyn callyd in to their helpe. 1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. Fv^v When he was in this paynfull affliction of mynde,..he fled vnto his father, as it was his maner, and is the maner also of all sayntes, whom because he wolde call in to his helpe more ernestly and with more fre spirite at his pleasure, he wente furthe a lytell farther from these thre disciples. 1548 E. Seymour Epist. or Exhortacion to Vnitie & Peace sig. B.vi Did not the Britaynes call in the Saxons for helpe, and by theim wer put out? 1667 N. Fairfax Let. 29 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 422 Mr Goodrich being hastily calld in, to save life, prescribd him a Common sudorifick. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §103. 468/2 The Swedes, who were called in for the support of the German liberty. 1736 tr. Polit. Dialogues Pasquin & Marforio ii. 20 It was judged Necessary by the Southerns, to call in a Third to their Aid. 1789 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Jan. 102/2 The putrefaction was getting on so fast at that time, Mr. Read and I had agreed that Mr. North, another surgeon, should be called in. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 36 To call in the aid of the microscope. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 90 Sir William Gull was called in. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 48/1 Take a good look at the walls before you call in the plasterers. 1969 ‘M. Innes’ Family Affair v. 50 It would have been rather embarrassing to call in the coppers. 2007 M. Phillips Gods behaving Badly (2008) xi. 58 Alice nearly suggested calling in the services of an archaeologist. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 June a12/5 The Indian Army and Air Force were called in to evacuate people threatened by floodwaters. 2. transitive. To revoke, retract, recall; spec. to withdraw from sale or circulation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from outside or advanced position to call in1545 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vi.) f. 93 Here be..kinges taught to retract and call in ayen their vniust lawes. 1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. f. 88 Thys yeare was a new coyn, and the olde called in. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 25 Call in the powers good coosin Westmerland. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iv. ii. sig. I3^v Call in his Licence. 1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 70 If a Book be called in, I will therefore buy it. 1712 C. Peyton et al. Let. Dec. in I. Newton Corr. (1975) V. 359 Upon Calling in the Tin Farthings and half pence by reason of the Complaint made against them A pattent was Granted to Sr. Joseph Herne..to Change the same. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 9 This year all antiphonaries..were called in, and destroyed. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 114 The last proclamation of June, 1842, calling in light gold. 1885 Manch. Examiner 5 May 4/7 The Russians are willing to call in their outposts. 1906 Printers' Ink 4 July 21/2 He found the new 25-centime nickel coin..exceedingly unpopular, and there was serious talk of calling it in again. 1965 Listener 26 Aug. 310/1 The reproduction of the illustrations was considered so unsatisfactory that Carroll called in and replaced all copies of the first edition with a new one. 1999 W. Goosen et al. Banking in New Millennium (2008) i. 9 The government could call in the coins, melt them down, mix some of the precious metal with a proportion of cheaper metals, and then reissue the coins to an unsuspecting population. 3. intransitive. a. To go into a house or premises on a visit; (sometimes) spec. to make a brief visit or call; to stop by, to look in. Frequently with at specifying the house or premises visited. Cf. sense 32a.rare in North American use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] seekc1200 to call in1573 call1597 to call upon ——1604 to call on ——a1616 visit1626 to make, or pay (also give) a visit1643 to pay a call1648 viz.1767 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally to call in1573 to drop in1609 to look ina1616 to come round1620 to go round1636 to put in1668 to go around1742 to happen in1749 to run in and out1779 to come around1822 to pop in and out1846 to happen in with1883 to stop in1904 stop1905 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 27 He tooke a iurni into the cuntri with on Sir Dorringtun of the Kings Kollege, and, riding thurrough Walden, calid in at mi fathers hous, and tould on of mi sisters that I wuld be at Walden that niht. 1602 F. Herring Discov. Stratagems in tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 40 Within fewe Dayes, passing by the Citizens House, he called in, to see how the world went. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 177 I called in at my Co: Evelyns, who has a very pretty seate in the Forest, 2 miles behether Cliffden. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 150. ⁋9 I happened the other Day to call in at a celebrated Coffee-house near the Temple. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. 16 L. Teazle Well, but Sir Peter, you know you promised to come. Sir Peter Well, I shall just call in to look after my own character. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles III. xxiv. 313 We called in at your office as we came by. 1865 Temple Bar July 493 We..turned back towards the white house, calling in for a few minutes to exchange a friendly greeting with its occupant. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey iii. xiv. 320 After calling in at two big booksellers', he made for his Club, and closeted himself in the telephone booth. 1952 L. Hanson & E. Hanson Marian Evans & George Eliot xxiv. 233 Lewes still called in at Cheyne Row from time to time. 1953 E. S. Grenfell in Landfall June 98 Your mum's old school-mate Janey Andrews called in to see me the other week. 2005 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 17 Sept. We've extended the hours until 10pm so that people can call in on their way home from work. b. With at. Of a ship, traveller, etc.: to make a stop at a town, port, country, etc., during the course of a longer journey or route; (of a train, bus, or other form of public transport) to make a scheduled stop at a specified station or other location on a particular route. Cf. sense 32b.rare in North American use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > break one's journey > at specific place (coaches, etc.) to call in1643 stop1743 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > journey [verb (intransitive)] > make a break in a journey call1642 to call in1643 halt1656 stop1743 off-saddle1823 to stop over1855 night-stop1951 1643 A. Perne Gospell Courage 4 We shall therefore play the Travailer; passe by some Townes though good, call in at others, and make our stay in that, that is most convenient. a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 73 His Majesty..on the 14th. day of March began his Journey, accompanied by the Queen and Prince as far as Theobalds... By the way he called in at the City of Lincoln. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ix. 34 Call in at Morocco and Fez, There you may stay and take your Ease. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 162 The Captain called in at one or two Ports. 1781 Caledonian Mercury 11 Aug. To-morrow, the Alfred..sails on a cruize, and is to call in at Aberdeen bay, for such ships as may be ready for London. 1867 Argosy Nov. 457 The eagerness with which they will rush ashore..when the ship calls in at Plymouth. 1891 Publishers' Circular 5 Sept. 258/2 They called in at France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, and interviewed the respective kings of these countries. 1969 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 11/5 Another way of island hopping down to Grenada..is to catch the early morning ‘milk-run’ plane from Antigua, which calls in at Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique and Barbados. 2004 D. Simonis & S. Andrews Madrid (Lonely Planet) (ed. 3) 225/1 Two train stations serve the city. Note that many trains call in at either one or the other (but not both). 4. transitive. To demand the payment or repayment of (a loan, debt, or promise of money).to call in a favour: see Phrases 3i. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > request debt repayment to call in1592 1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching (new ed.) sig. D3^v The neighbours..were faine to pay the groate the Cutler called in, because he had no other money about him. 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. vii. 177 He could not more honestly repaire his disorders and losses, then by calling in those debtes which many straungers and Citizens did owe vnto his father. 1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar xxv. 98 Annaevs Seneca..sodeinlie calls in his moneyes, (the loan whereof had been thrust vpon the Britanns, whether they would or no). 1673 Grand Concern Eng. Explained 10 The Persons whose Money they borrowed, have great occasions for the same and are forced to call it in, and must have it when due. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3749/8 Part of the 10 per Cent...to be called in. 1713 London Gaz. No. 5114/3 20s. per Share was..called in. 1781 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 II. 194 Mortgages would be called in as soon as notices could be given. 1868 Acts Gen. Assembly Arkansas 290/2 Directors may call in payments of stock under penalty. 1893 F. A. W. Steel Miss Stuart's Legacy xx. 325 And so Shunker..began cautiously to call in debts in the name of the firm. 1915 H. Withers War & Lombard Street iii. 53 So far the bill of exchange does not give England any right to call in money from abroad. 1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power ii. 31 Brokers hastily called in loans from clients whom they had been ‘carrying’. 2011 K. Walker Return of Stranger iii. 37 He had the Charltons and the Nicholls exactly where he wanted them and all he had to do was call in their debts. 5. Originally U.S. a. intransitive. To make contact by telephone, radio, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > communicate by radio [verb (intransitive)] wireless1899 talk1912 marconi1919 radio1926 to call in1930 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] telephone1877 call1879 phone1885 speak1885 ring1887 to call in1930 1930 Mich. Bell (Mich. Bell Telephone Company) June 30/3 Finally the doctor calls in to say ‘Central call my residence and tell my wife I'm here.’ 1986 Aviation News July 191/3 Crossing the field, Blue Leader called in and said that he was hit. 1991 Time 1 July 32/3 If anyone involved in a deal fails to call in, or catches a whiff of the law, the cell is shut down. 2010 New Yorker 19 Apr. 115/2 Violence becomes so routine that journalists use a chore chart to determine whose turn it is to call in and find out the daily death toll. b. transitive. To report or provide (information) by telephone, radio, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > communicate by radio [verb (transitive)] > transmit by radio marconi1908 wireless1910 radio1919 radiate1923 to call in1939 squirt1971 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > communicate a message by telephone telephone1877 phone1910 to ring in1934 to call in1939 1939 G. A. Homrighausen Police, Fire, & Health Dept. Los Angeles (M.A. diss., Univ. S. Calif.) 93 As soon as the investigation is completed, the patrol officers call in a report to their desk sergeant. 1949 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 31 Dec. 5/5 (advt.) Fresh pastries and rolls daily. Call in your order—phone 77. 1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 34 During big storms, he sits in a radio shack on Maol Chlibhe (the Bare Cliff) prepared..to call in compass bearings if he should see a ship in distress. 2012 M. O'Brien Dying Minutes 332 Three heavies had paid a call... His friend, who'd been on watch, had called it in. c. intransitive. With adjectival complement: to contact one's employer, school, etc., typically by telephone, to report one's absence that day, esp. due to illness; esp. in to call in sick. ΚΠ 1943 Washington Post 3 July b1 This being a holiday weekend, employees in Treasury's loans and currency section..were warned yesterday not to call in sick either today or Monday under any circumstances. 1978 Sun Reporter (San Francisco) 4 May 6 Brown has a glittering record of work attendance, marred by one day off in 1969 when he called in ill. 1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter ii. xv. 233 ‘Oh, hell, honey,’ she says, mischievous as a truant schoolgirl. ‘Call in sick.’ 2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds ix. 140 They would call in sick..an hour before their shift from some bar in Queens. d. intransitive. To make a telephone call to a radio or television show. Also transitive: to submit (a response, request, etc.) to a radio or television show by telephone. ΚΠ 1946 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 7/2 Shows are scheduled each day this week to give the listeners an opportunity to call in and make their contributions. 1947 Billboard 26 Apr. 105/2 A prize for the first listener who calls in the correct name of the number played. 1982 Clovis (New Mexico) News-Jrnl. 19 Apr. 3/2 Viewers are invited to call in their questions and comments to TV7's special panel of guests. 1990 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) 28 Oct. b4 One perhaps unexpected development during the radio-thon was youngsters calling in to talk about their own experiences of suffering abuse. 2009 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 38/2 The voting public has evidently clocked that she's aqua-phobic, so will keep calling in to put her through watery hell. 6. transitive. Originally British. Of a government minister, esp. a Secretary of State: to order that (a planning application) be considered and decided by oneself rather than by local government, typically because it raises wider issues of public concern or national significance. ΚΠ 1947 Manch. Guardian 29 Aug. 4 The Minister has ‘called in’ all applications to the local interim development authorities for permission to start or expand quarries in the Peak District. 1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space iv. 101 The planning system had always allowed the minister to ‘call in’ planning applications concerning issues of more than local interest, or which aroused more than local opposition. 2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 14 June 17/6 This week the State Government decided to use special powers..to call in an application by the Lang Park Trust so that the Minister for State Development..could himself determine the appeals. extracted from callv. < as lemmas
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