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English translation: managed to phone (speak with)

07:27 Jun 29, 2022
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Movie footage about someone killed
English term or phrase: got a call out to
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
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 12:54
Selected answer:managed to phone (speak with)
Explanation:
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...
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 10:54
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5managed to phone (speak with)
Yvonne Gallagher
4I visited/managed to visit or got to see his C.O (to talk)
Aaron Butler
Summary of reference entries provided
José Patrício

  

Answers


4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
managed to phone (speak with)


Explanation:
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...

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 10:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 659

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I visited/managed to visit or got to see his C.O (to talk)


Explanation:
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(s):
  • 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.
Aaron Butler
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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 peer agreement (net): -2
Reference

Reference information:
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

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Note to reference poster
Asker: It does not make sense.


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
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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