CALL INTO QUESTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does call into question mean? 

• CALL INTO QUESTION (verb)
  The verb CALL INTO QUESTION has 1 sense:

1. challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

  Familiarity information: CALL INTO QUESTION used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALL INTO QUESTION (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

call into question; oppugn; question

Context example:

We must question your judgment in this matter

Hypernyms (to "call into question" is one way to...):

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

The results call into question controversial findings that some reversals could occur within a human lifetime.

(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)

These findings contradict the results of previous studies, and call into question the role of exercise in improving BAT function.

(Increasing the level of physical activity is found not to improve the functioning of brown adipose tissue, University of Granada)