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To deliver a message by telephone when etiquette demands the effort and respect conveyed by communication in person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: call in
Antonyms: none provided
To make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: call in
Antonyms: none provided
To fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, figuratively, idiomatic
Examples
- phone it in
- 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]
- We're sick of Alice's attitude. She's been phoning it in ever since Bob left. [pronoun antecedent: notional: either "her job" or undefined]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mail it in
Antonyms: none provided
To make an unseemly, timid performance; to be restrained and timid when bold action is called for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
致電 /致电
(zhìdiàn)
— deliver a message by telephone
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Finnish:
soittaa (jollekin)
— deliver a message by telephone
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Chinese Mandarin:
叩應 /叩应
(kòuyìng)
— to call a broadcasting station
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Chinese Mandarin:
打電話參與 /打电话参与
(dǎ diànhuà cānyù)
— to call a broadcasting station
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Finnish:
soittaa ohjelmaan
— to call a broadcasting station
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Swedish:
ringa in
— to call a broadcasting station
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Thai:
โฟนอิน
(foon-in)
— to call a broadcasting station
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Chinese Mandarin:
敷衍了事
(fūyǎnliǎoshì)
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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Chinese Mandarin:
應付差事 /应付差事
(yìngfù chāishi)
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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Finnish:
tehdä vasemmalla kädellä (jotakin)
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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Finnish:
tehdä rimaa hipoen (jotakin)
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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French:
faire le service minimum
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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French:
bâcler
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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Portuguese:
colocar pouco esforço em algo
— to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort
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Chinese Mandarin:
畏縮不前 /畏缩不前
(wèisuōbùqián)
— to make a timid performance
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Chinese Mandarin:
畏首畏尾
(wèishǒuwèiwěi)
— to make a timid performance
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Finnish:
arastella
— to make a timid performance
