calling into question

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calling into question - a challenge to defend what someone has said

challenge - a call to engage in a contest or fight

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The company served papers on the Rail, Maritime and Transport union calling into question the validity of a ballot, even though peace talks were being held in a bid to resolve a row over jobs.

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Some aquatic bacteria that orient themselves using Earth's magnetic field swim in the opposite direction from what researchers typically expect, calling into question a longstanding theory of what this navigational behavior accomplishes.

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Site and work inevitably enter into a state of symbiosis, or else of conflict, calling into question the white cube and traditional hierarchies of use.