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call into question

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call someone or something into question
to cause someone or something to be evaluated; to examine or reexamine the qualifications or value of someone or something. Because of her poor record, we were forced to call Dr. Jones into question. We called Dr. Jones's qualifications into question.
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call something into question  (formal)
to cause a feeling of doubt about something The report's findings call into question the safety and effectiveness of all such drugs.
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call into question something (slightly formal) also call something into question
to cause doubt about something The study calls into question how long the vaccine gives protection.
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Los Angeles Unified school board member David Tokofsky said the contributions call into question the groups' rationale for supporting the plan.
When the international community reconvenes after the 30 days, there has to be some message, clear message, that this kind of behavior is not acceptable, or you will start to call into question the credibility of what the Security Council says when it says it," Rice told AP.
Logic and myth collide when Evan's older brother reveals a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation that may call into question everything he ever believed about his parents.
 
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