called in
Dialed the office
Called in describes summoning someone or something, or making contact by phone.
To be called in to work means summoned outside regular hours: The doctor was called in for an emergency.
To call in sick is to phone your workplace reporting illness.
Debts or favors get called in when payment is demanded: She called in the favor he owed her.
- summonCall to appear
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- collectBring items together
- ringClosed curve shape
- mobilizeOrganize for action
convene · audit · request · enlist · dispatch · reinforcements · big guns · air strike · debt · cashed in · favor · chit · sick · phoned · specialist · contacted · deploy · marker
called inshowed up
Arrived at location
came in · went to work · turned up · appeared · attended
called incalled off
Stopped before happening
sent out · dismissed · sent away · dispatched · released
call, recall, calling, called, calls, caller, recalling, recalls, uncalled