phone in

vb (adv)

1. (intr) to make a telephone call to deliver information (esp to a broadcasting studio or place of work)

2. (tr) slang to deliver (a performance) in a perfunctory manner

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Translations

w>phone in

vi → anrufen

vt sep → telefonisch übermitteln

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References in periodicals archive

Ofcom said: "The BBC invited listeners to phone in to these competitions in the full knowledge that the audience had no chance of entering or winning."

Letter: Your Say - Not fine for us

Saturday Kitchen allegedly misled viewers by mistakenly giving the impression that the show was live when viewers were asked to phone in for a contest.

DON'T CALL US; Probe as ITV phone-in shows axed

The subject was late-night phone ins, are we missing the point?

We in the North still love to talk; Marcus: You were robbed

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