To say something will happen before it happens.
Tim: I didn't study for the test, I'm scared!
John: inb4 F
Tim: I failed...
John: called it
A telephone call received (usually) in the small hours of the morning, usually bearing bad news about a close friend or family member -- most of the time, either they have died, are near death, and/or were involved in a terrible accident.
You better hope you never get "the call"......
Final decision based on value judgement, "the last word". Please note that this is rarely used without a possessive pronoun preceding it.
"It's not my call." - It's not up to me to decide.
"In the end, the call is his alone." - It's up to him to decide.
To make fun of or to bring attention to one's faux pas.
"Did you see Jacks poem about rainbows?"
"Yeah. I Called him on it too."
When a mobster gets called for from his crew to be executed because he betrayed the family or vouched for an fbi informant
Lefty rugerio from Donnie Brasco was called for by sonny black because he vouched for an fed undercover and didnt know it
To predict something a while before it happens, and then be credited for it.
She called it long before I knew where it was going.
when you are doing something and you either get a call from the police or hospital that your friend has committed suicide
mom: "what's wrong honey?"
you: "I just got the call"