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Pructus Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Called you in as a suspect
Cut the ***, Bauer. Your own people called you in as a suspect. (24, 109)
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In the sentence, though the meaning is not difficult to understand...
the underlined part , "call" is difficult to grasp.
"call" of what meaning is used there?
call someone = phone someone?
call him John = name him John?
to call meaning to order or to command?
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In the sentence, though the meaning is not difficult to understand...
the underlined part , "call" is difficult to grasp.
"call" of what meaning is used there?
call someone = phone someone?
call him John = name him John?
to call meaning to order or to command?
Top answer
It's probably easier to think of "call in" as a phrasal verb meaning "summon".
- It's probably easier to think of "call in" as a phrasal verb meaning "summon".
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It's probably easier to think of "call in" as a phrasal verb meaning "summon".
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Thanks a lot, GPY~
But to understand it as summon, the situation is that they reported to some agency that Jack Bauer is a suspect, not summoned Jack Bauer....
But to understand it as summon, the situation is that they reported to some agency that Jack Bauer is a suspect, not summoned Jack Bauer....
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pructusThanks a lot, GPY~But to understand it as summon, the situation is that they reported to some agency that Jack Bauer is a suspect, not summoned Jack Bauer....Sorry, it seems I misinterpreted it then. In that case I could only guess that "call someone in" means report someone by telephone, but this is not an expression I'm really familiar with.
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Hello, GPY!
Here are some more from the script......
SIMES: What happened?
HAYES: I spotted him, walked over, identified myself,.told him I had to take him in.
He went for my gun.
JACK: I wasn't going for it. I created a scene to get Palmer out.
SIMES: If you wanted to get him out, why didn't you just tell us there was a problem?
JACK: I can't tell you. I have
Here are some more from the script......
SIMES: What happened?
HAYES: I spotted him, walked over, identified myself,.told him I had to take him in.
He went for my gun.
JACK: I wasn't going for it. I created a scene to get Palmer out.
SIMES: If you wanted to get him out, why didn't you just tell us there was a problem?
JACK: I can't tell you. I have
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