Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

call out to (someone)
- to shout to someone
We called out to our friend at the concert but she did not hear us.
call (someone) in
- to ask someone for help, to call for special advice
We called in a special doctor to look at the patient.
call (someone or something) into question
- to dispute or cast doubt upon someone or something
The lawyer called the man's statement about his neighbor into question.
call (someone) names
- to call a person unpleasant names
The children began to call the new student names.
call (someone) on the carpet
- to call someone before an authority to be scolded or reprimanded
The salesman was called on the carpet by his boss for losing the big sale.
call (someone`s) bluff
- to challenge someone to prove that what they are saying is true
I decided to call the man's bluff and I asked him to show me the evidence.
call (something) in
- to collect something for payment, to withdraw something from circulation
The bank decided to call in the business loan.
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