Sekirov Dictionary

phone in

verb 4
phone-in noun 2
forms 4

verb4

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To deliver a message by telephone when etiquette demands the effort and respect conveyed by communication in person.
- Please give us the courtesy of showing up instead of phoning in.
- Please give us the courtesy of delivering it in person instead of phoning it in.
•
To make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.
- We've got Brian phoning in from Phoenix. Brian, you're on the air.
- I've been trying to phone in to your program for the last half hour.
To make an unseemly, timid performance; to be restrained and timid when bold action is called for.
•
(figurative) To fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.
- He thought he could phone in the scheduling process, but it takes sharp negotiations around here.
- He thought he could phone it in. [pronoun antecedent: the scheduling process]

phone-in noun2

A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.

forms

phoned in · phoning in · phones in · phone-ins

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