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kymation
Jun 29, 2022 07:27
1 yr ago
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English term

got a call out to

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Movie footage about someone killed
Clean record
and the prelim background check
didn't show anything suspicious,
but I got a call out to his C.O.

Movie footage about someone killed
Responses
4 +5 managed to phone (speak with)
4 I visited/managed to visit or got to see his C.O (to talk)
References
call out - TRANSITIVE to criticize someo...
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Non-PRO (2): Tom in London, Rachel Fell

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Responses

+5
4 hrs
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managed to phone (speak with)

get a call out to =manage to get a phone number and speak to someone (here, the CO)

There may be some difficulty in getting a clear line

In this case the CO or Commanding Officer

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/get-a-call-out-to.36...
Peer comment(s):
agree Clauwolf : perfect
8 mins
Thanks:-)
agree Tony M : Probably... odd the use of 'out' with 'call', unless the speaker has trouble phoning out from where they are, or else, that that CO is 'out' somewhere like stationed abroad, etc. 'CO' needs confirming from wider context (military?)
13 mins
Thanks! I don't find it odd Tony. Seen/heard it several times. Just means some sort of difficulty in managing to make the call, for whatever reason, possibly no signal or no nearby phone
neutral Tina Vonhof (X) : 'Got a call out' means you haven't actually spoken to the C.O. but you left a message. If you had spoken to him, you would have said so. The call it still 'out' until you get a call back.
3 hrs
Thanks but in my experience it means you DID manage to speak. I don't believe it's necessary to say so explicitly. "Call out" IMO does not imply you must wait for a call back
agree AllegroTrans : Most probably correct, but it's conceivable that the C.O. wasn't available and that a message or voicemail was left; I think asker needs to be aware of both possibilities
4 hrs
Thanks. See my response to Tina
agree writeaway : Maybe it's more US than UK usage, but imo this is everyday English and no doubt about the meaning. It means he managed to phone the person, as you say
5 hrs
Thanks. I'm quite surprised at the doubts being expressed to be honest
agree Anastasia Kalantzi
9 hrs
Thanks!
neutral Rob Grayson : Agree with Tina Vonhof: if you have a call out to someone, it means you reached out to them (and either left a voicemail or asked someone else to pass on a message) and are awaiting a call back.
1 day 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 hrs

I visited/managed to visit or got to see his C.O (to talk)

I think the sentence could mean several things. It could be as Yvonne said, "managing to speak with someone on the phone." I would agree with this more if the context was that the person was struggling to make a phone call/reach the C.O on the phone or that the phone line was dead for a while.

It could be that the person "received a call to visit/interrogate the C.O."

The one I chose was, "I visited/managed to visit
or got to see the C.O to speak with them" because I assume the person saying the line is an investigator and although calling people on the phone is part of an investigator's job, it seems more in line that they would leave their workplace to speak face-to-face. Especially during a murder case.

The issue is that I've had to assume based on the context provided.

Providing more context about the character's previous or following actions to saying the line would help greatly.
Example sentence:

I got a call out to him to see how he was.

I got a call out to her to have a chat/to talk/speak with her.

Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : I don't believe 'visit' fits in the syntax and context given here. / If it were "I was called to go and see the CO..." or even "I was called out to the CO...", then that would make it more likely — like a 'call-out' for a service engineer etc.
38 mins
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I would need follow-up dialogue to completely rule it out. E.g. The C.O sounded/looked...
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : really disagree that "get a call OUT" means "receive a call"? (=a call IN) Or to "visit"?
1 hr
It's a phrase I've heard regularly throughout my life, which is making me think it's dialectal. To be fair, the "receiving" part can be implied or deemed obvious, and therefore, unspoken. Although, this depends on the person's occupation/situation.
neutral Tina Vonhof (X) : Not a visit, it's a phone call.
3 hrs
Similar to Tony's response, I would need follow-up dialogue to completely rule it out.
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Reference comments

1 hr
Reference:

call out - TRANSITIVE to criticize someone about something - https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/call-...
to criticize somebody... because they're doing sth wrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv_nj3ZHcQk


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Note added at 3 horas (2022-06-29 10:35:19 GMT)
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I don’t know what C.O. is but it seems that though the prelim background check
didn't show anything suspicious, I got a call blaming its C. O.
As I don’t know what C.O. is, it can be a mistake
A good afternoon for you
Note from asker:
It does not make sense.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
disagree Yvonne Gallagher : misinterpretation. This is NOT "call out someone" but to GET a call (out) TO...
2 hrs
disagree AllegroTrans : criticise someone?? totally nonsensical in the context. You have (again) completely misunderstood
12 hrs
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