Call in
Call in verb - Summon to enter.
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Both terms in one sentence
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Glee. In two seperate games, at the start of the Superbowl Shuffle episode, they lose a game by making a moronic play call in a situation where all they need to do is have Finn just take a knee.
Source: Down to the Last Play - Even earlier, Michael's voice-over deconstructs a typical police chase by pointing out that, in Real Life, your only bet is to try to lose the police for a few seconds and ditch the car before they call in backup and helicopters.
- A subplot of the DC Comics miniseries Hero Hotline has Lester "Private Eyes" Lee lose his wedding ring down a sewer grate and has to call in rubber-limbed fellow hero Tom "Stretch" Longacre to fish it out so Lee can marry Melanie Boulder, a Dolly Parton Expy.
Source: Lost Wedding Ring
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