call in question

1. Also, call into question. Dispute, challenge; also, cast doubt on. For example, How can you call her honesty into question? This usage was first recorded in John Lyly's Euphues (1579): “That ... I should call in question the demeanour of all.”

Example Sentences

Poloncarz, the county executive, told reporters in May that Erie County emergency services found the call in question after combing through the 911 calls associated with the mass shooting.

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On the call in question, Trump pushed Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family's involvement in Ukraine, particularly his son Hunter Biden's seat on the board of Ukranian energy company Burisma.

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Let’s be clear: The phone call in question was not an innocent exchange of diplomatic platitudes.

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An official said that wasn’t the call in question.

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That may be true, other experts say, but in legal terms would not matter: Trump had been repeatedly informed of the reality of the situation for nearly two months, including during the phone call in question.

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