call in

v 1: summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"

2: summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were

called in" [syn: {call for}]

3: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the

prominent citizens" [syn: {visit}, {call}]

4: take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another

player

5: communicate (with) by telephone; "call in to a radio

station"; "call in sick"

6: take out of circulation when it is useless or defective

7: demand payment of, as of a loan; "Call a loan" [syn: {call}]

8: call back (of faulty goods) [syn: {recall}, {call back}, {withdraw}]