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Cameron Calls In Parliament as Hacking Scandal Grows

By SARAH LYALL and DON VAN NATTA Jr. 17 minutes ago

Prime Minister David Cameron said he would address Parliament on Wednesday, a day after Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks are set to testify.

call-in

(kôl'ĭn')
adj.
Being in a format such that listeners or viewers are invited to have their telephone conversations with the host or guests on a show broadcast to other listeners: a call-in radio show.

n.

1. A viewer's or listener's telephone conversation with or telephone call to the host of such a show.
2. A viewer or listener making such a call.

Telephone one's employer or school that one is ill and cannot come to work or attend. For example, Ben called in sick and told his boss he would miss the meeting.
[Mid-1900s]

call in question
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."


Chip makers soon will deliver one of biggest advances in years in the technology that powers laptop and desktop computers. But how much consumers—and the chip companies—will benefit is in question.

in question
Under consideration, referring to the subject being discussed, as in No new facts have been discovered about the period in question. Shakespeare used this idiom in Cymbeline (1:1): "His father ... had, besides the gentleman in question, two other sons." [c. 1600] Also see call in question.