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call someone in
shout for someone to come inside
To call someone in means to shout or signal that they should come indoors.
Hear it in real life
Where are the children?
They are in the garden, but I'll call them in for dinner.
My dad called us in when the rain started.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Mum called me out when it got dark.
Say: Mum called me in when it got dark.
Use “call someone in” when asking someone outside to come indoors; “call someone out” means ask them to come outside.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
call someone in; call someone indoors
Your turn: say it out loud
My dad called us in when the rain started.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
call someone in
shout for someone to come inside
“My dad called us in when the rain started.”
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