VOUCH IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vouch in mean? 

• VOUCH IN (verb)
  The verb VOUCH IN has 1 sense:

1. summon into court to defend a lawsuit against another and to be made liable to pay any judgment secured for the plaintiff

  Familiarity information: VOUCH IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOUCH IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Summon into court to defend a lawsuit against another and to be made liable to pay any judgment secured for the plaintiff

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

the defendant couches in his own insurance liability company to defend a negligence case against him

Hypernyms (to "vouch in" is one way to...):

cite; summon; summons (call in an official matter, such as to attend court)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody