CALLING INTO QUESTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calling into question mean? 

• CALLING INTO QUESTION (noun)
  The noun CALLING INTO QUESTION has 1 sense:

1. a challenge to defend what someone has said

  Familiarity information: CALLING INTO QUESTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALLING INTO QUESTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A challenge to defend what someone has said

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

calling into question; demand for explanation

Hypernyms ("calling into question" is a kind of...):

challenge (a call to engage in a contest or fight)