| 词组 | call in |
| 释义 | call in 1. call in BrE to make a short visit to a person or place, especially when you are going somewhere else: ▪ Is it all right if I call in to see you tomorrow after work? +for ▪ You're welcome to call in for a chat anytime you like. +at ▪ On the way home, he called in at the florist to buy some flowers for Sara. ▪ To discuss your financial needs, call in at your local branch and make an appointment. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop in, ↑stop by, ↑call around/round 2. call in to phone somewhere, especially the place where you work, to tell them where you are or what you are doing, or to find out news about something: ▪ Daniel called in to say that he was going to be late. ▪ Get a detective to follow the suspect, and have him call in every three hours. call in sick (=phone the place where you work to say that you are too ill to go to work) ▪ On Monday morning she called in sick and said she'd be off all week. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑phone in BrE, ↑ring in BrE 3. call in to phone a radio or television programme to say what you think or to ask for advice: ▪ Following last night's programme on cancer, thousands of people called in to ask for more information. ▪ A Mrs Trellis from Birmingham called in to say that she thoroughly enjoyed the show. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑phone in 4. call in sb • call sb in to ask someone who has special skills or knowledge to come and deal with a problem: ▪ At 6am I called in Dr Minden, and he examined the patient. call in sb to do sth ▪ Troops were called in to control the demonstration. ▪ The company has called in environmental experts to carry out an investigation. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑send for 5. call in a loan to ask for a debt to be paid at an earlier date than was originally agreed: ▪ He failed to make regular payments and the bank eventually called in the loan. ▪ When the credit company collapsed, the loan was called in, causing huge problems for our business. 6. call in sth • call sth in if a company calls in a product, it asks people who have bought it to take it back to the store because there is a problem with it: ▪ The manufacturer has called in the new model, launched last year, because of an electrical fault. ■ SIMILAR TO: recall |
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