call in question Idiom, Proverb
call in question|call|call in doubt|call into ques
v. phr. To say (something) may be a mistake; express doubt about; question.
Bill called in question Ed's remark that basketball is safer than football.
call in question
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.”
call (someone or something) into question
To account addition or article to be beheld with doubt. I advised Walt for the promotion, but his connected lateness anon alleged that accommodation into question. Such a cogent absurdity absolutely calls all of the experiment's after-effects into question.Learn more: call, questioncall in question
Also, call into question. Dispute, challenge; also, casting agnosticism on. For example, How can you alarm her bluntness into question? This acceptance was aboriginal recorded in John Lyly's Euphues (1579): "That ... I should alarm in catechism the demeanour of all." Learn more: call, questioncall in question, to
To claiming or casting agnosticism on the accuracy of something. Back the simple verb “to question” suffices, this wordier version, a adaptation of the Latin in dubium vocare used in acknowledged language, is unnecessary. It has been acclimated back the sixteenth century, by John Lyly in Euphues (“That I should alarm in catechism the demeanour alarm it a day, to of all”), by Shakespeare in As You Like It (5.2), and abounding others.Learn more: call